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Sessions and Pruitt take the Western Conservative Summit stage in Denver by Angela K. Evans
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Denver PrideFest bans local men’s rights group, citing ‘no-win-situation’ by Josh Schlossberg
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Highroad Help save America’s public post offices
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he U.S. postal system has 30,000 outlets serving every part of America. It employs 630,000 people in good middle-class jobs, and it proudly delivers letters and packages clear across the country for a pittance. It’s a jewel of public service excellence. Therefore, it must be destroyed. Such is the fevered logic of laissezfairyheaded corporate supremacists like the billionaire Koch brothers and the
right-wing politicians who serve them. This malevolent gang of wrecking-ball privatizers includes such prominent Trumpteers as Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin (a former Wall Street huckster from Goldman Sachs), and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney (a former corporate-hugging Congress critter from South Carolina). Both were involved in setting up Trump’s shiny new task force to remake our U.S. Postal Service. It’s like asking two foxes to remodel the hen house. Trump himself merely wanted to take a slap at his political enemy, Amazon chief Jeff Bezos, by jacking up the prices the postal agency charges to deliver Amazon’s packages. The cabal of far-right corporatizers, however, saw Trump’s temper tantrum as a golden opportunity to go after the postal ser-
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vice itself. So, instead of simply addressing the matter of package pricing — Shazam! — the task force was trumped-up with an open-ended mandate to evaluate, dissect and “restructure” the people’s mail service, including carving it up and selling off the parts. Who’d buy the pieces? For-profit shippers like FedEx, of course, but here’s some serious irony for you: The one outfit with the cash and clout to buy our nation’s whole postal infrastructure and turn it into a monstrous corporate monopoly is none other than Amazon. To help stop this sellout, become part of the Grand Alliance to Save Our Public Postal Service: www. AGrandAlliance.org. This opinion column does not necessarily reflect the views of Boulder Weekly. June 14 , 2018 5
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About those primary endorsements by Joel Dyer
don’t think I’ve ever had so many people ask me if Boulder Weekly is going to endorse in the primaries as I have this year. And while the answer is the same as it has been for the past quarter of a century (no) I do understand the question and the sense of urgency that most often accompanies it these days. In our 25-year history, this paper has always viewed primaries as strictly party business; Democrats choosing their candidate for the next general election and Republicans doing the same. After the parties have finished their business, we go to work and weigh-in come general election time. In the past I have always felt this was a proper approach, but now I’m having second thoughts. For all practical purposes, we have become a country where four parties are being forced to participate in two primaries. I’m not discounting Greens and Libertarians, it’s just that their process for picking candidates is going just fine. It’s the Democrats and Republicans that are screwed up. There have long been political battles waged in the primary season between the progressive wing of the Democratic Party and its establishment, money-controlled membership. Same is true of traditional Republicans and their party’s more extreme right-wing elements. But the elections of 2016 changed things considerably. On the right, what started as the Tea Party movement has morphed into the Freedom Caucus. This radical Republican minority of politicians and politician wannabes is nourished by Fox News propaganda and conspiracy theories, while being largely fueled by a handful of mysterious billionaires with a pretty darn scary agenda that has nothing to do with democratic ideals. They don’t seem to care if Trump got his Russian golden showers from Vladimir Putin himself so long as they get to lower taxes on the rich, kick the crap out of immigrants including children, undo anything that black president — who they still think was born in Kenya — did, and dismantle our public education system, the EPA, Medicare and Social Security. The problem for Republicans is that the crazy racists who comprise the Freedom Caucus and their supporters just happen to be very motivated (for all the wrong reasons) primary voters who, despite their minority status within the party, have a funny way of winning June elections. Because of this threat of being “primaried,” normally sane Republicans, more often than not, can be found putting on their MAGA dunce caps at primary time 6 June 14 , 2018
in order to fend off their in-party rivals. The problem is, they are increasingly having trouble taking them back off because Trump’s supporters have now become a full-blown cult out to destroy anyone with the political guts to disparage their dispenser of the Kool-Aid. This is not healthy. On the Democratic side, 2016 exposed a whole different set of problems. Progressives, championed by Senator Bernie Sanders, may well have been the majority of Democratic voters nationally as they were in Colorado... had the primary been conducted on a level playing field. Instead, the establishment wing of the party — funded largely by the self-interested billionaires of the inappropriately named Democracy Alliance, Wall Street and corporate America — rigged the Democratic National Committee (DNC) against Sanders and flaunted its own brand of racism; “Did you see how white his audience was last night in Michigan?” she said to a mostly black crowd in South Carolina. While such disgusting political ploys by one faction of the party secured the primary victory for the establishment candidate, they also assured a Trump presidency by pushing underemployed, white, blue-collar workers of the Rust Belt into Trump’s faux-populist camp. Unfortunately, establishment Dems at the top didn’t learn the lesson of their 2016 impropriety that has led our democracy to the brink. Instead they are once again using the same inter-party tactics of division, and if Democratic voters allow it to succeed on the primary level a second time, I suspect it could once again be the party’s undoing in the general election. Remember the definition of insanity: screwing members of your own party in the same way over and over again while expecting different results. The establishment wing of the Democratic Party controls the DNC, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) and the big money, and they are once again using them all to try to diminish the influence of Democratic voters at the local level during this year’s primaries. The DCCC has been making national news this primary cycle because the monied interests who control it have been caught trying to tip the scales in their chosen candidate’s favor from the Carolinas to Texas to Colorado, from CD6 to CD2. Which brings us to Boulder County. It’s too late for BW to interview every candidate and research every issue, follow the money trails and endorse in this year’s primaries. But I believe that it may well be time for this paper to change its
dyertimes policies and start endorsing primary candidates in the future. That is going to be my recommendation going forward. If the establishment Dems, who control the party apparatus and the big money, are going to use those things to interfere in local primaries like our CD2 race, then this paper has an obligation to expose it, and do our best to give our readers all the information they need to make informed political decisions. That said, I’m not waiting until next time. I have already used this space to explain why I don’t believe that the establishment Dem’s candidate, Joe Neguse, is the right person to represent the voters of CD2. I’m tired of politicians taking tons of money and help from the DCCC, corporations, lobbyist/law firms and wealthy individuals all the while claiming that such money isn’t buying influence. That is pure crap. If it didn’t buy influence it wouldn’t be handed out like candy to those willing to take it. Neguse has chosen to work for a number of law firms with extremely questionable ties and tactics. You can’t take a paycheck from a firm that is suing California to force it to use electricity generated by burning coal all the while pretending that since you didn’t work on that case you aren’t tainted. You can’t take campaign funds from the firm or attorneys who profited by suing Longmont over its fracking ban while claiming to be a protector of the environment. I’ve had it with establishment politicians who talk a good game while clearly being committed to nothing more than the political status quo that got us in this mess in the first place. Joe Neguse has made decision after decision in his political life and career that clearly demonstrate that he is willing to go along with the powers that be for his own benefit politically and financially, all the while claiming that he is somehow removed from the influence of those powers. Well Mr. Neguse, I’m not buying it. From where I sit, you are a cliched establishment Dem that will do the Democracy Alliance/DCCC bidding at every turn in exchange for their promise to give and keep you in power. You may be a nice guy but no one who takes their money has the superpower to ignore them later on. For years now you have been the guy they wind up and send out to the next race telling everyone else to stand down, it’s Joe’s turn. If Neguse wins, I have no doubt he will continue to support his establishment Dem puppeteers’ pro-oil and gas positions that are killing the planet and will never vote for single-payer health
care or anything else his promoters oppose. His rhetoric may say something different at election time, but we know exactly what the establishment wing of the Democratic Party really stands for and what its funded minions will do after the votes come up. So we all need to look in a mirror and ask ourselves, “was the whole Bernie revolution thing just a game?” I thought the idea was to elect progressive candidates in the future at every level of government, candidates who would actually fight for the planet’s survival by opposing fracking not some stupid insincere claim of liking clean air and clean water while gleefully accepting the endorsements of politicians like Ken Salazar, Anadarko Petroleum’s grim reaper of fracking himself. Of course Salazar endorsed Neguse, because he knows his cash cow — the oil and gas industry — will be in safe hands if Neguse is elected. Endorsements do matter. They tell us a lot. And Neguse’s endorsements are a who’s who of powerful national establishment Dems and their funders and local Democratic Party insiders who are currently, or will soon be holding out their hands begging for the same money from the same funders that are pushing Neguse. This has to stop at some point, folks, and CD2 is the perfect place. You don’t have to worry about the Republicans winning in CD2 regardless of which Dem candidate you vote for in the primary. CD2 has been gerrymandered into one of the safest Dem districts in the country. Either Joe Neguse or his progressive Democratic challenger Mark Williams will be the winner come fall. So no excuses. If you vote for the establishment’s status quo candidate Joe Neguse instead of the actual progressive in this race, Mark Williams, who is the only person running who has real positions on the environment, fracking, health care, etc., then do me one favor: shut up and stop complaining about the current lousy state of our nation and its political system. Seriously, as far as I’m concerned, Neguse voters lose their right to complain or point fingers at anyone other than themselves. On June 26 you get to vote for more of the same with Neguse and his billionaire blueprint puppeteers or for real, progressive change with Mark Williams. I endorse Williams. That’s it. It’s your choice. Our revolution lives or dies with you. So let’s show them there are things in this world more powerful than their money. This is the personal opinion and endorsement of Joel Dyer only and does not necessarily reflect the position of Boulder Weekly. Boulder Weekly
A new Poor People’s Campaign by Dave Anderson
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ifty years ago in January 1968, Martin Luther King, Jr. and his Southern Christian Leadership Conference launched the Poor People’s Campaign to protest the stubborn persistence of poverty in the midst of prosperity. They called for an enduring campaign of mass protest and civil disobedience in Washington D.C. by a multi-racial “nonviolent army of the poor, a freedom church of the poor.” In 1964, President Lyndon Johnson had declared “a war on poverty” with programs such as Head Start, a domestic Peace Corps called Vista, and a Job Corps for disadvantaged youth. Medicare, Medicaid and food stamps would be created. In the decade following the introduction of the war on poverty, U.S. poverty rates dropped to their lowest level since comprehensive records were started — from 17.3 percent in 1964 to 11.1 percent in 1973. Imagine what could have been accomplished if Johnson had focused on eradicating poverty rather than on bombing Vietnam to smithereens? Many people imagined a better society in 1968 and some talked vaguely of “revolution.” King asked socialist author Michael Harrington to draw up a Poor People’s Manifesto to advocate for radical solutions such as a $30 billion annual appropriation for a real war on poverty, full employment and guaranteed income legislation (a guaranteed annual wage) and construction of 500,000 low-cost housing units per year until the slums were eliminated. But then in April, King was assassinated and many cities burned. There would be a number of huge shocks, particularly for those who yearned for a progressive future — Robert Kennedy, a presidential candidate who was supportive of King’s campaign, was killed. This was followed by a divisive and disastrous Democratic Party convention and the election of Richard Nixon. This was a counter-revolution. The planned encampment of the Poor People’s Campaign called “Resurrection City” would be built in May between the Washington and Lincoln Monuments. About 3,000 poor people of all races lived there for six weeks. Some 50,000 people gathered in a mass march and rally in June in solidarity with the campaign and to support a robust “economic bill of rights.” Six days later, most of the residents were arrested during civil disobedience on the Capitol grounds. This year, a new “Poor People’s Boulder Weekly
Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival” has been launched by Rev. William Barber II in more than 30 states across the nation. A large coalition of labor, religious, civil rights, environmental and peace organizations is alerting fellow Americans to some uncomfortable truths: There are fewer voting rights in
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On CD-2 race Who the Democrats should nominate to replace departing Jared Polis (the primary is June 26) mirrors a larger national question: center-left Sanders supporters or center-right Establishment Democrats in the Hillary mode. Here in the Second District, it’s Our Revolutionendorsed Mark Williams versus Democratic National Committee-picked Joe Neguse, respectively. The differences are substantial. First, Williams’ campaign is selffinanced, depending on local supporters; Neguse’s campaign takes PAC money. Indeed, DNC people have been contacting Sanders candidates, like Williams, telling them that unless they have at least $250,000 to throw at the election, they should quit. Generally, Williams is a candidate of the people; Neguse, of the DNC and its wealthy sponsors. Neguse, incidentally, is a corporate lawyer, exactly what we don’t need more of in Congress. Consider also how the two types relate to the 1 Percent. Like Hillary Clinton herself (and as documented in her well-paid Goldman Sachs speeches), the Establishment Democrats tend Boulder Weekly
to service the super-rich; candidates like Mark Williams are trying to save America from them — Main Street, not Wall Street. Then there’s foreign policy: Establishment Democrats have long been “patriotic” supporters of U.S. empire — we have roughly a thousand military bases on foreign soil and are constantly engaged in neocolonial wars of conquest and occupation. Our military budget is larger than the rest of the world’s combined. Yet, I recall scenes of jubilant Obama staffers celebrating after they’d inked a deal to sell vile Saudi Arabia over the next decade ten billion dollars in arms. Or consider “Madame Secretary” Hillary Clinton’s role when she essentially supported a 2009 military coup in Honduras that unseated a democratically elected reformist president. There’s nothing progressive, enlightened or particularly “American” about running an international plantation; apparently, Mark Williams knows this. Lastly, in the puerile world of U.S. politics, where male candidates debate who has the larger hands and where anti-war Americans are dismissed as weak and unmanly, Williams is a veteran, a former fighter pilot — the antithesis of a “coward” or a “traitor.” Bernie Sanders won Colorado primaries, and in the Second District, he did particularly well. Let us continue our enlightened ways; let Boulder be Boulder. Paul Dougan/Boulder
Colorado River issues alarming I thought Joel Dyer’s article about the Colorado River (Re: “The new model for saving the Colorado River might just kill it,” Dyertimes, May 31, 2018) was well-written and certainly alarming. But I’ve become inured to the shock of the power of money to corrupt otherwise intelligent and reasonable people. I think Dyer also misses the critical point underlying the problems facing the river. An economic system that demands incessant growth while externalizing most negative costs such as environmental degradation is the real culprit. That’s why I call it Cancer Capitalism, because like its malevolent namesake its constant demand for growth eventually kills its host. Cancer truly is a stupid and greedy disease, which perfectly describes the mentality of those who run our Cancer Capitalist socioeconomic system. Michael Korn/Fort Collins
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s the 416 Fire grows to 26,000 acres in Southwest Colorado, with only 15 percent containment as of June 13, analysts are looking back on the 2017 wildfire season to determine causes and the cumulative costs of wildfires in the U.S. The study was co-authored by researchers at CU Boulder’s Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR), Columbia University and the University of Idaho. Last year, wildfires cost the U.S. more than $18 billion in damages. Approximately 71,000 wildfires burned 10 million acres of land. “Last year, we saw a pile-on of extreme events across large portions of the Western U.S: the wettest winter, the hottest summer and the driest fall — all helping to promote wildfires,” said lead study author Jennifer Balch, director of CU Boulder’s Earth Lab in the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), in a press release. Researchers suggested that climate change has played a major part in the frequency and intensity of wildfires. “Western wildfire seasons worsen when conditions are dry and fuel-rich, raising the chances of ignition. Climate change likely exacerbates fuels and dryness ... and human behavior contributed the sparks,” a CU press release stated. About 90 percent of last year’s fires were sparked by humans, the research shows, and human activity is estimated to triple the length of the wildfire season.
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s evidenced by the photo, the children of Bella Romero Academy in Greeley are now being impacted by oil and gas extraction in this controversial location, which has been making national news as a prime example of environmental racism. In 2013, Extraction Oil and Gas, LLC was granted a drilling permit by the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) allowing it to drill 64 wells from a location close to Greeley’s Frontier Academy, a school with a predominately white student body. But after parents at Frontier strongly voiced their objections to the location of the drill site, which they believed would expose their children to harmful, even cancer-causing, volatile organic compounds (VOCs), Extraction canceled its plans to drill near that school in May 2016. Unfortunately for students living in and around Greeley, Extraction proposed a new drilling location by another Greeley school and in March 2017, the COGCC approved a 24-well location nearly on top of Bella Romero Academy. Again, parents and concerned citizens have been loudly protesting the new location. On-site protests that have included at least one person chaining himself to equipment (See BW’s “Protect the Children,” May 3) have been occurring at Bella Romero with increasing frequency. But as the photo shows, Extraction isn’t listening to the parents or the children this time around. Eighty-seven percent of students attending Bella Romero Academy are Latino or Hispanic.
The latest effort to get rid of the ACA
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he Justice Department announced on Thursday, June 7 that it won’t be defending the Affordable Care Act — sweeping health care legislation passed in 2010 — in the latest challenge to its constitutionality brought by 20 Republican state attorneys general. “It’s a rare step, but one I felt necessary,” Attorney General Jeff Sessions told the crowd at the Western Conservative Summit in Denver the next day, acknowledging the fact that the executive branch historically defends existing laws. At least one longtime Justice Department official, who spent years defending the ACA, resigned following the announcement. The Texas-led lawsuit challenges the constitutionality of the individual mandate provision of the ACA, and, as a result, certain consumer protections, such as coverage despite pre-existing conditions and setting rates based on communities, not individuals, must be overturned. But in Colorado, the Division of Insurance says both of these protections are already part of state law. “Guaranteed health insurance coverage for people with pre-existing conditions is enshrined in Colorado law,” said Interim Insurance Commissioner Michael Conway in a press release. “Gone are the days of being charged more because you have high blood pressure or because your child has asthma. While the ACA led the way on prohibiting insurers from such practices, Coloradans can rest assured that they will remain protected from any political gamesmanship at the federal level because of the foresight of our State legislators and Governor Hickenlooper.” At the federal level, it seems the Trump Administration continues its effort to strip the ACA, despite being unable to pass official legislation in Congress to repeal it. The lawsuit is still making its way through the courts and will be heard by a Republicanappointed judge in Texas.
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hate to use the word socializing because I’m not a socialist,” Douglas Bruce told Boulder Weekly in the exhibition hall at the Western Conservative Summit at the Denver Convention Center on Friday, June 8, when asked why he enjoyed the annual event. The controversial figure behind Colorado’s Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR) joined approximately 2,000 other conservatives from across the state and country for a chance to gather, network and strategize, as several dozen speakers and conservative thought leaders graced the stage. What its organizers call “the largest gathering of conservatives outside of Washington D.C.,” the Western Conservative Summit (WSC) is an annual conference in Denver started in 2010 by the Centennial Institute, a think-tank based at Colorado Christian University in Lakewood. In 2016, Donald Trump, then a Republican candidate for president, spoke. This year, two of the most embroiled cabinet members of his administration addressed the crowd. Scott Pruitt touted his accomplishments as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) while failing to mention there are several pending investigations into his spending, travel and management of the regulatory agency. “We are living in transformative change in Washington D.C. right now, Boulder Weekly
before our very eyes,” Pruitt started. “We’re doing business differently.” Before Pruitt took over the EPA, he said, the regulatory agency was “a bastion of liberalism.” “It is where they went to advance these worldviews that are antithetical with what I’m sharing with you tonight,” he said. In encouraging the audience to “advance liberty and freedom” today, like the U.S. founders did at the inception of the country, the administrator quoted the biblical book of Ecclesiastes: “Do not say why are the old days better than these, it’s unwise to say such a thing.” The apparent hypocrisy seemed lost on WCS attendees, as the hard-to-miss, red Make America Great Again hats sprinkled the audience. (And if that seems too biased of an observation for a news reporter, tell it to the conservative outfits filling the media tables, whose reporters often broke out in applause and standing ovations for speakers at WCS.) Pruitt went on to promise the 2015 Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) rule “is going to go away this year,” and prided himself in reenergizing the coal industry, dismantling the Clean Power Plan and pulling out of the Paris climate agreement. “We as a country have nothing to be apologetic about to the rest of the world on how we do business: in growing jobs and advancing the environ-
ment,” he said. He boasted that the agency has saved $1 billion in regulatory costs in the last 16 months, while improving air quality and decreasing our carbon dioxide footprint. “Air quality is 10 percent better in this country under the Trump Administration,” he said, although it was unclear exactly what he was referring to, and the national EPA press office didn’t respond to questions attempting to clarify his remarks before press time. Several experts Boulder Weekly called to fact-check this claim agreed that although 2017 data has not been made public yet, any gains in air quality in recent years would be attributed to previous administrations and policies, especially since under Pruitt, the EPA has sought to roll back emission regulations on fossil fuel development and vehicle emission standards. Plus, according to an April 2018 study by several National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) scientists, among others, gains in air pollution reduction have slowed in recent years, making future ozone pollution goals more difficult to meet than previously thought.
Pruitt also claimed that “from the years 2000-2014 we reduced our carbon dioxide footprint by almost 20 percent. And just recently an additional 2-plus percent,” which would also be attributed to previous administrations’ policies. He also committed to increased transparency and public rule-making at the agency and reversing what he called the previous administration’s intent to concentrate power in Washington D.C. “We have given a rebirth to the rule of law, a rebirth to process, and we’ve renewed our focus on cooperative federalism. And what has happened is truly transformative.” Pruitt assured WCS attendees that, contrary to popular liberal belief, we don’t have to choose between protecting the environment and growing the economy, something he appears committed to as head of the EPA. “You can have your cake and eat it too,” he says. “Those folks who say that [you can’t], I don’t understand, what else are you supposed to do with cake?” Attorney General Jeff Sessions spoke earlier in the day, also singing President Trump’s praises, while avoiding topics See WCS Page 14
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that often land him at odds with the president like recusing himself from the Russia investigation and his strong stance against legalized marijuana. He did draw uproarious applause a couple of different times, the loudest of which came with his commitment to support law enforcement. “We know whose side we’re on; we’re on the side of police, law and order, the American people, and we back the blue,” Sessions said. “In this Trump Era, the ACLU isn’t going to be making and setting our law enforcement policies. The professionals are.” While he promised to continue fighting for the right of free speech and religious expression, “The first civil right in America, we have to note, is to be safe in our communities,” he said. “That applies to poor people and minorities, who are often struggling financially and they can’t live behind and in gated communities; they are entitled to public safety, too.” Sessions’ refusal to defend the constitutionality of the individual mandate in the Affordable Care Act drew loud applause, as did his dedication to immigration reform, as he tied the opioid epidemic to lax border enforcement. “If we’re going to end the drug crisis we have to secure the border, and if we’re going to have a secure border then we’ve gotta have... a wall,” he said slowly so the audience could join in. “Build that wall,” the hall echoed. He defended his recent “zero tolerance” policy at the border, criminally prosecuting migrants for illegal entry. The policy has drawn widespread scrutiny in recent weeks, as it has separated children from parents in record numbers. “I have to say, we have to know this, we already have the most generous immigration laws in the world,” he said. “It cannot be that anybody seeking a
better life anywhere in the EPA Administrator world can walk Scott Pruitt speaks into our counto the crowd at WCS. try, contrary to the laws, and then demand services and benefits.” This was a few days before Sessions announced on Monday, June 11 his unilateral decision and directive to immigration judges to deny asylum to people based on their experience of domestic and gang violence. The Attorney General also doubled-down on his commitment to challenge sanctuary jurisdictions for their refusal to cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, expressing bafflement at the idea of protecting people who have committed crimes from deportation. “And if you won’t deport someone who came here and committed a crime, let me ask you, who will you deport? The answer is nobody. In effect this is an open borders policy,” he said, challenging several Colorado cities with such policies. “It cannot be that someone who illegally crosses the border on Monday, gets to Denver or Boulder or Aurora on Wednesday is home free? Never to be removed from this country?” None of what Pruitt or Sessions said at WCS was especially new, but the large stage gave Trump’s cabinet members a chance to gloat in front of an adoring crowd. “In the Trump era, we’ve already seen a historic string of victories for conservatives and the American people,” Sessions concluded. “Here is my message: We’re going to keep up this pace; we’re not slowing down. We’re determined to keep winning and winning and winning. Are you tired of it yet?” Boulder Weekly
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Denver PrideFest bans local men’s rights group, citing ‘no-win situation’ by Josh Schlossberg
Rocky Mountain MRA were denied a booth at Denver’s PrideFest this year. The event is suspected to draw 250,000 people.
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att, a Boulder nutritionist and herbalist, had been looking forward to attending his first Denver PrideFest as an openly gay man. In particular, he was excited to volunteer at Rocky Mountain Men’s Rights Advocacy’s (RMMRA) exhibition booth to talk to people about issues disproportionately impacting men, such as drug addiction, incarceration, suicide and other matters close to his heart.
However, Matt won’t be attending PrideFest this year as event organizers have banned RMMRA for allegedly violating the event’s non-discrimination policy, which requires all attendees to “provide service to individuals without regard to an individual’s sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, HIV/AIDS status, race, color, national origin, ancestry, creed, religion, sex, gender, physical or mental disability, age, marital status, military status, veteran status, citizenship or any other protected classification in accordance with state, federal and municipal laws.” Rex Fuller, vice president of communications and corporate giving for the GLBT Community Center of Colorado, which puts on PrideFest, sent an April 11 email to RMMRA explaining that the group wouldn’t be allowed to return for its second year because “the Men’s Rights Movement, also known as the male supremacy movement, has been portrayed by the Southern Poverty Law Center as a hate movement.” Fuller also mentioned the group’s 2016 screening of The Red Pill, a documentary about the men’s rights movement, and an opinion piece posted on the
RMMRA Facebook page from the Daily Caller (a conservative website co-founded by Fox News’ Tucker Carlson), as reasons for rejecting their application. According to the email, PrideFest’s issue with The Red Pill was that the filmmaker, Cassie Jaye, had included interview segments with Paul Elam, founder of the men’s rights publication A Voice for Men, who Fuller says has elsewhere made negative statements about women that many find offensive. “[P]ussy is the only real empowerment women will ever know,” Elam said in a 2017 YouTube video entitled Sex Robots: Part 3 Disempowering Pussy. “[I]t is men, and pretty much men only, who draw power from accomplishment, who invent technology, build nations, cure disease, create empires and generally advance civilization. Women, whether acknowledging it makes us feel warm and fuzzy or not, depend on men for all of that and the only tool they have at their disposal to have any sort of influence on any of it is the power of pussy and pussy is powerful indeed.” PrideFest’s beef with the Daily Caller post on RMMRA’s Facebook page wasn’t the content, per se — it was an opinion piece about divorce written by a woman — but the fact that the publication itself has a “reputation for promoting anti-LGBT and racist news items.” For instance, Southern Poverty Law Center cites the Daily Caller’s publication of opinion pieces from anti-immigration columnist and former Forbes editor Peter Brimelow, who the organization calls a “white nationalist.” The New York Times has also published an opinion piece from Brimelow and he has been interviewed by media outlets ranging from C-SPAN to Slate Magazine. While RMMRA assured organizers that it fully supported PrideFest’s non-discrimination policy, Fuller wrote that the above instances and “association with this movement suggest[ed] otherwise.” “I was really quite baffled by their reasoning,” Matt says in a phone interview with Boulder Weekly. He was so miffed by the denial that he sent a personal email to PrideFest organizers detailing his distress. Though he didn’t receive a reply, RMMRA was refunded its $55 application fee. “It’s not that we did anything,” Matt says. “It’s that we had watched a movie that had someone who [said] something else, somewhere else. It’s that we posted an opinion article about men’s experience with marriage, but it was from the ‘wrong’ source.” Southern Poverty Law Center’s recent classification of “male supremacy” as a “hateful ideology” was a major factor in the PrideFest decision, which Fuller’s email to RMMRA indicated was synonymous with men’s rights. However, Heidi Beirich, director of Southern Poverty Law Center’s Intelligence Project, says in an Boulder Weekly
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email to Boulder Weekly that, “we do not consider all men’s rights groups hate groups.” “The Southern Poverty Law Center listed two male supremacy groups to the hate list for the first time in 2017 because the vilification of women by these groups makes them no different than other hate groups that malign an entire class of people,” Beirich says. The groups are Elam’s A Voice for Men and Return of Kings, a website run by “pickup artist” Roosh V., the latter of whom does not identify as an MRA (men’s rights activist). Yet Fuller maintains that the decision to ban RMMRA was not made “arbitrarily.” In an email to Boulder Weekly, he says PrideFest had many internal discussions on the topic, including with lesbians and trans men and women, all of whom “uniformly agreed” that the group didn’t meet the standards of the non-discrimination policy. While acknowledging that RMMRA members insist they don’t discriminate against anyone, Fuller counters that “members of MRA groups around the country regularly say hateful and awful things about women and speak out against women’s rights.” On April 2, prior to rejecting the application, PrideFest operations manager Carol Hiller sent an email to RMMRA president and co-founder Aaron Mello, saying, “Many men’s rights groups have gone on record saying things such as ‘Transgender women are not real women.’ Can you please comment on this statement? It is in direct violation of Denver PrideFest’s non-discrimination policy in regards to gender identity and expression.” Lexie, a Denver-based RMMRA board member who is a transgender woman and “pretty left wing,” says she was “kind of amused” when she first learned about this, not having heard of any prominent men’s rights activist saying such a thing. “I think there’s a lot of misinformation about the men’s rights movement out there that’s sort of tarnished the reputation,” she says, while acknowledging that some men’s rights activists have said some “provocative and inflammatory” things, both seriously and satirically. Though Lexie understands why some people might be turned off by aspects of the men’s rights movement, she points out that RMMRA is a “local group, we’re not really part of the larger MRA movement. We just sort of do Boulder Weekly
our own thing in Colorado.” “We support equality and equal rights, we want men and women to be treated the same for the same actions,” she says. “It’s very much just male positivity... we’re very against the idea of male supremacy.” Kat, also an RMMRA board member and Denverite, points out that, to the contrary, women are “held up as shining examples of leaders” of the men’s rights movement, naming The Red Pill director Cassie Jaye, Christina Hoff Sommers, author of The War Against Boys, and YouTuber Karen Straughan. A cisgender woman, Kat believes PrideFest organizers are “basing their decision on a lot of guilt by association, and not even direct association.” She suspects that if every other group applying for a PrideFest booth were held to the same standards of “tertiary connections to objectionable things, nobody would be able to walk away clean.” Instead of discriminating against people, Kat says RMMRA welcomes anyone who wants to help spread awareness about men’s issues, regardless of their group identity. Aaron is especially perplexed by the ban, as he says one of the reasons for founding RMMRA was to set itself apart from some of the more divisive aspects of men’s advocacy. “It feels profoundly distressing to know that there are apparently people who would view our labor of love in the same category as groups that espouse hate,” he says. Aaron says his experience staffing the exhibition booth at last year’s celebration was “overwhelmingly positive,” having spoken with dozens of people about issues such as homelessness and support for victims of domestic violence. He sees a lot of overlap with the gay rights and men’s rights movements,
in that both celebrate individuality and encourage men to be their authentic selves. Yet Fuller says that, after the event, organizers received messages “questioning why the group was allowed to participate,” without elaborating as to what RMMRA may have done to generate the complaints. Boulder Weekly reached out to Fuller and PrideFest organizers multiple times requesting any reports of discriminatory statements or actions by RMMRA members, yet received no further comment. Panther Performance Auto Group — a “queer and ally-run shop,” according to Out Front Magazine — occupied the booth next to RMMRA’s the previous year. At first, owner Sam Panthers says he was skeptical about the group’s mission, but after speaking to them came to agree that there are indeed “struggles that apply uniquely to men.” “I can tell you from having interacted with these guys, they are not a source of dysfunction or fear,” Panthers says, adding that he was “distressed” to learn about the ban. Lexie, for one, has no hard feelings about the disagreement and hopes the confusion gets cleared up so RMMRA can to return to PrideFest again next year. Matt, however, isn’t so hopeful. Instead, he thinks PrideFest is “blind to the fact that they are quite judgmental towards certain people.” In his email to organizers, he wrote that making “assumptions on my character based on a label... really hurts and reminds me of so much judgment I’ve experienced in my life.” Fuller understands that RMMRA members might feel singled out by the decision. However, he explains PrideFest is in a “no-win situation,” where admitting RMMRA would mean that “important constituencies criticize
us,” while excluding them results in the men’s rights group doing the same. As an alternative, RMMRA staffed a booth at the People’s Fair Art and Music Festival from June 1-3 in Denver, chatting with folks, handing out buttons reading “Super Dad,” “Male Positive Role Model,” and “I [heart] Men,” as well as a distributing a leaflet with a list of book recommendations for boys and links to articles about boys falling behind girls at school. While receiving a few flippant comments from passersby, Mello says that they had a great time and enjoyed “talking with members of our local community, many of whom expressed their appreciation that Rocky Mountain MRA is working to raise awareness of the serious issues facing men and boys today.” However, he worries that next year they’ll be banned from the People’s Fair too, after Kat found some public Facebook posts encouraging organizers to de-platform the group. One in particular called RMMRA a “misogynist terrorist group with ties to white supremacists” and accused them of using the event to “spread disgustingly blatant misogyny (which is responsible for incel terrorism and is a part of white supremacist ideology).” Another attendee’s post speaking out against RMMRA on the People’s Fair page was followed by a comment from a former director of the event, saying she was “embarrassed, disgusted, and so, so disappointed.” Meanwhile, a third post read, “At the Denver Peoples Fair, and the fucking MRAs have a booth,” which received multiple comments including, “Toss an Accidental (read: aim at the head) Molotov cocktail in their direction,” “Burn it down,” and several fire and explosion-related memes. Taken aback by the hostility directed towards his work on behalf of men, Aaron says, “I wish the people who oppose us would take the time to talk to us and understand what our goals and beliefs are before making such extreme conclusions and judgment about us.” While Aaron, Kat, Matt, Lexie and the rest of the RMMRA crew won’t be in attendance, PrideFest will take place this weekend on June 16-17 at Civic Center Park in Denver. This year’s theme is “Say It Loud, Say It Proud!” which the event’s website says “encourages all community members to make their voices heard, be themselves, and to be proud of their achievements.” June 14, 2018 17
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technologies. “There are two techniques in use right now,” explains Greg Rieker, a professor of mechanical engineering at CU, and the principal investigator of the project. “One of them is to do nothing. ... The other one is called an optical gas imaging camera.” The infamous Aliso Canyon methane leak in Porter Ranch, California, was recorded from a helicopter using one of these cameras. The haunting black and white footage revealed a dark column of methane gas climbing into the air and dissipating over the Earth — a column that was otherwise invisible to the naked eye. However, optical gas imaging cameras do not usually show methane leaks so clearly, says Rieker. “That technology, it’s not very sensitive. But the Aliso Canyon leak was so massive that you could see it from a helicopter. That’s pretty atypical.”
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t began with whine. And ended with wine. Little did I know how one would flow into the A hike to Francie’s other as two excursions to Cabin, a Tenth Mountain Francie’s Cabin — a Tenth Division Hut outside of Breckinridge, prompted Mountain Division Hut in the Dunn’s family move Breckenridge — bookended a lifeto Louisville. changing epiphany, decision and move. Last summer, I was living with my husband, Carlton, and our two children in Shelburne, Vermont, a town just south of Burlington, which is the East Coast’s version of Boulder (brick pedestrian mall and all). We came out to Colorado for a weeklong vacation around the Fourth of July, deciding to spend a night backpacking up to Francie’s, four miles south of Breckenridge in the Crystal Lakes Basin. It was our first time as a family doing an overnight hike, and we were excited as we shopped for provisions at King Soopers and packed up the necessities: sleeping bags, sunscreen, trail mix, headlamps, books and a game of Uno. Oh no. After parking our rental at the trailhead in Breckenridge, we were only 10 minutes into the hike when my then 10-year-old daughter, Dillon, started asking the dreaded question: “Dad, how much longer?” We stopped to drink some water and munch on some trail mix and gently explained that it would be about 2 hours. Another couple hundred yards and the whining began again as the altitude hit and Dillon panicked that she wasn’t breathing right. By this point, I was already tired, too, and fantasized about taking her to the nearest hotel in Breckenridge for the night: We’d find a pool, and a spa, and a nice restaurant... No way. Carlton had carefully planned this trip, dammit, and we were going to Francie’s. So we took turns shouldering her pack, and took our time up the Spruce Creek Trail, diverting attentions from the altitude and the heat by reminiscing about hikes and cross-country ski trips we’d taken in Vermont. Our son Harper, then 8, forged ahead with Carlton. When the trail became steeper, we knew we were getting close, and finally glimpsed Francie’s.
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A few trips to Francie’s Cabin and Sarah Tuff Dunn, lower right, feels at home in Colorado.
Built in 1994, the cabin is named for a former Breckenridge resident, Frances Lockwood Bailey, who died in a plane crash in 1989. We learned this after gleefully unclipping our packs and foraging for the lunch we’d brought: squished turkey and veggie wraps. Francie’s has six bunkrooms that can sleep up to 20 on two floors, and we scouted out the options before deciding that the downstairs option closest to the wood burning stove, the kitchen and the indoor composting toilet would be best. Smart move, as the stream water is not potable, and there was certainly potential for emergency restroom trips, despite our best efforts to boil the heck out of the water. In fact, that was the chief entertainment for the kids, too pooped to hike anymore. That afternoon and evening, they carted water back and forth from the stream, boiled it, let it cool, poured it into water bottles and drank it. As simple as that. There were puzzles, card games and books — not to mention lakes and mountains — beckoning us, but watching a pot boil was all it took for some fun. To our surprise, another family, from Minnesota, showed up just as we were making plans for dinner (boiling Bear Creek soup). They looked surprised, too, and Minnesota-nice turned not-so-nice the next morning as we argued over who had left trash behind. In the meantime, we recruited the youngest daughter for a game of Uno, and I watched her and Dillon do cartwheels as I pulled out my needlepoint. Just before dusk, Carlton hiked up to the closest lake as I did the final dinner prep (pulling out cheese, crackers and Slim Jims). When he returned, we sat on a rock outside of the kids’ earshot and talked. And talked. Born in Boulder, Carlton was yearning for a return to the Rockies, and his hike up to the lake had convinced him that now was the time. OK, I said, I’ll consider it. In the back of my mind, however, I was skeptical as we went back inside the cabin and surreptitiously sipped wine from a small Bota box I’d brought. We’d never leave our friends in Vermont, our house, the kids’ school... Flash forward five and a half months. I’m sitting in the exact same spot, openly sipping wine from one of several large Bota bags that 17 women Boulder Weekly
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have carted up. In the snow. On snowshoes. And playing a very raunchy round of Cards Against Humanity. And sharing a bunk with Carlton’s former babysitter. And wondering how Carlton and the kids might be sleeping in our home — in Louisville, Colorado. What the heck? It was a surreal moment of small-world-meets-destiny, and it was a perfect example of how the best outdoor adventures are a brownpaper grab-bag of surprises. It happened because of a change of heart — and because of my now-9-year-old son, Harper. Rewind back to July, and
Carlton left separately to take the longer trail back to Breckenridge while I shepherded the kids to the car at the trailhead. When we met in town, hazed by fire, I could see how elated Carlton was from his time alone in the mountains, and felt a softening inside. Surely I could give up Vermont for this? A few weeks later, Carlton had begun his job search, and by September, had an offer from a tech start-up to start a remote position from anywhere in the U.S. Colorado it would be, and after breaking the news to the kids, we cast a wide home-search net and found a rental
in Louisville. Move-in was Thanksgiving week, with school starting the following Monday. By Tuesday, Harper had a new buddy, and the new buddy’s mom came over one afternoon to welcome us to the neighborhood and invite us to the holiday open house. At the open house, I found myself chatting with a few women about running, hiking, skiing and they told me about an upcoming backcountry snowshoe trip they’d be taking just before Christmas. Where to? Francie’s. I laughed. Of course. That Sunday morning of the snowshoe trip, I nearly bailed on the whole thing. It was early, I was tired from unpacking, and I didn’t know a single one of these women. What had I been thinking? But I stumbled out the door and to the meeting spot, where I nervously munched on bagels before the drive to Breckenridge. Once we arrived at a friend’s house to park cars, things began to look up, as our trip leader set out a line of 17 FYR shots to officially kick off the trip. It was 9 a.m. Then, snowshoes on, I found myself in the line of women clomp-clomping up for the 4-hour hike. There wasn’t much whining about altitude this time around, as talk turned instead towards our various backgrounds. During a break for cheese and crackers, I mentioned that my husband, Carlton, had grown up in Boulder. “Carlton Dunn?” said one of my fellow hikers named Jenny. “I used to babysit him!” We laughed. (Carlton is five years my junior, so it’s not quite as strange as it seems that someone exactly my age might have been his babysitter.) And then the world became even smaller, as another woman revealed she’d worked with Carlton, and yet another had gone to the same school in Washington, D.C. as my mother. Was it written in the stars? I’m not sure, but as we went out on the deck of Francie’s that December night to look at the stars — the entire Milky Way painted a bright white against the pitch-black canvas of the night sky thanks to our booking on a new moon — I knew that thousands of miles from the 15 years in the Green Mountains, I had found home. But enough of that. There were pots of boiling water to watch! June 14 , 2018 23
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WHEN KYLE DONOVAN ran sound for a group of soulful
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You can strip any genre down to singer/ songwriter because there’s someone that wrote it. At its core it’s a melody and all of the genre stuff disappears at the end, but we all have our angles that we bring.” While some of the monthly nights feature only the collective’s core songwriters, the group frequently brings other artists and friends into the sphere. Before the collective formed, Robison and Hawk collaborated with Colorado songwriters such as Ramaya Soskin, Jarrad Menard and Gregory Alan Isakov at Penny Lane, a coffee shop that used to be on the same block The Laughing Goat is now. In the years since its beginning, the group has included Menard, Soskin, Andrew Sturtz, Lauren Joy, Megan Burtt, Julian Peterson, as well as other Colorado artists. “The group belongs to everybody,” Donovan says. Although Hawk and Robison had been singing originals with the rotating members for over a decade, it wasn’t until Farmer and Donovan joined that they found their interstellar name. “We were trying to think of a name for it, and we looked at the definition of a constellation, and it was ‘an organization of minor stars,’ which we thought was kind of ironic because it was unknown artists who had been making music for a while,” Hawk says. Outside of their work with the collective, each member has their own independent music career, as well as other collaborations. As a producer and arranger, as well as a performer and talent buyer for Boulder venues, Hawk has written hundreds of songs and released seven albums with his various bands and songwriting projects. Robison has also played with numerous bands, most recently Colin Robison and The Heavy Hearts, a classic blues group that includes Hawk as one of its members. Farmer makes up one-half of The Farmer Sisters and performs her originals with Robison at venues across Boulder County. As the recent winner of the Wildflower Arts and Music Festival’s people’s choice award for his original music, Donovan has plans to release his newest album, Then and Now, later this year. The members of the collective back up one another instrumentally and vocally with seamless blends that add a full, almost choral tone to the folk and blues pieces. “I don’t think people get the chance to hear big vocal arrangements very often,” Hawk says. “There are a cappella groups, but, unless you’re in church, you’re not really getting that choir feel over original singer/songwriter material. It’s rare, and it feels great to hear and be around.” Hawk hopes that listeners can find catharsis and connection within the collective’s music, especially at a time where
“IF YOUR DAY IS STRESSFUL OR CHALLENGING, YOU MAY COME AND LISTEN TO MUSIC AND FIND THAT YOUR BODY RELAXES, YOUR HEART RATE DROPS, YOU MAY HAVE A RELEASE IN CRYING OR JOY, OR A COMBINATION OF THE TWO.”
many people feel disconnected or divided. “If your day is stressful or challenging, you may come and listen to music and find that your body relaxes, your heart rate drops, you may have a release in crying or joy, or a combination of the two. It allows you to move through the trauma of life and it allows you to create joy as well.” Donovan believes there is something to be said about the presence that comes with a listening room show, particularly in a setting as intimate as The Laughing Goat. As the group sings from the platform in the back of the cafe, he reminds the audience to bring not just their attention to the moment, but their intention as well. “We can do that at any time. We can treat each other with that same respect, and we can really listen to each other and be good to each other. Remember that we’re all on the same team at the end of the day, and there’s a lot more that unites us than divides us, and that we should give each other that attention and that intention when we need it most,” Donovan says. Like constellations help us make sense of the night sky, music helps us make sense of the world. And though stars on their own can be awe-inspiring, when gathered in constellations, they take on a new power in relation to one another. Music has a similar ability; a study published in Frontiers of Neuroscience even reported that when choirs sing together, it is common for their heartbeats to sync. “It moves people. It moves their hearts. It can take you on a range of emotions and there are people that come down consistently for that experience, to share their appreciation for it. For us, it’s a similar thing of consistency. It’s important for us to show up every month no matter how we are feeling and what’s going on in our lives,” Hawk says. The June 15 performance also marks somewhat a birthday celebration for the collective, with Donovan’s birthday the day before and Hawk’s birthday two days after. The date of their performance also marks the birthday of Hawk’s father, a
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singer and trumpeter who died when Hawk was 14 and largely inspired his son’s love of music. “I feel like he’s here more than ever,” Hawk says. This love of music brings the group together, as they learn each other’s melodies and layer their voices to create something bigger, something lush and communal. But for its members, the collective is more than a way to make music with a group of talented musicians — it’s a way to spend time with one another. “Most of us are so busy being musicians, hustling to make a living as an artist, that we don’t have a lot of time to spend with each other, so we can play music and we get time to see each other,” Hawk says. So they meet at the stage of the coffeehouse where familiar faces return month after month to see the newest material from the group of minor stars. “I would say the infrastructure in place at The Laughing Goat is very supportive of songwriters,” Donovan says. “We’re really all songwriters, and from the lights to the sound to the stage, it really lends itself to a place where songwriters can be heard and respected.” Though old members are often welcomed back, the collective is geared toward featuring young artists. It helps promote musicians who are early in their careers while also keeping the collective fresh. “We want to feature them, get their music out and let them out of the nest. We’ve seen numerous people leave the collective and go off and do their own thing and continue to blossom and have their careers get larger from there,” Hawk says. “It’s fun to support younger artists and younger musicians and also create something that is consistent and sustainable for the audience. It’s always changing and always evolving as we bring in new artists and new music.” If you’re interested in hearing what rich harmonies the latest constellation of players is producing, the next gathering is Friday, June 15 at The Laughing Goat. Boulder Weekly
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ON THE BILL: Belle and Sebastian. 8 p.m. Tuesday, June 19, Ogden Theatre, 935 E. Colfax Ave., Denver. Tickets: $51.
The continuing evolution of Belle and Sebastian by Angela K. Evans
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he sun is shining the day I talk to Stevie Jackson, lead guitarist for the Scottish indie-pop band Belle and Sebastian. “It rains a lot here, so we relish a sunny day in Glasgow,” he says. The band has spent a lot of time recording at home in recent years, forgoing the usual trip overseas, primarily to the U.S., to spend a concentrated month or two recording their last four or five albums. With their latest project, a series of three EPs dubbed How to Solve Our Human Problems, the band thought it might be fun to go back to their roots, Jackson says, recording in small studios around Glasgow, much as they did for their breakout 1996 release Tigermilk. It’s “like the first kiss or something, there’s just a magic halo around it,” Jackson says of their first album, which the then-nascent group recorded over a matter of days. “I’m not saying it’s our best record — there’s a sense of it just happened and there it is.” More than 20 years and a dozen or so major releases later, Jackson says the band allowed themselves to take their time on their latest project; in “the spirit of anything goes,” they wrote and recorded within the rhythms of normal life. “There’s a sense where it becomes more a part of the fabric of your everyday life, there’s a sort of integrated feeling to it, which is quite refreshing,” he says. As is the format of an EP, something the band hasn’t done since the late ’90s. “There’s something about an EP which is quite a
freeing format, if you like. It is for us anyways. You can do something you wouldn’t normally do,” he says. “It’s a five-song statement.” Although released separately over a period of months between the end of 2017 and beginning of 2018, the three EPs are a coherent unit, named after a book by Buddhist author Geshe Kelsang Gyatso. A statement that inherently leads to a question, Jackson says, How to Solve Our Human Problems encompasses, “that Buddhist idea that you can only change the world by changing yourself.” “The horrors of the day, it’s not that you shouldn’t be concerned about them or be active in trying to fight them, but there’s only so much you can do,” he says. The project follows on the heels of 2015’s fulllength Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance, and the contrast between the two titles, along with the state of world affairs at the time each was written, is not lost on the band, Jackson says. Still, the new songs don’t attempt to offer up answers. Rather, in typical Belle and Sebastian fashion, they chronicle observations and weave stories, set to the melodic, whimsical
chamber-pop sound the band is known for. It’s also not the first time the group has borrowed a title from another body of work, as they take their name from a French cartoon (based on a book by Cécile Aubry) about a boy and his dog, and many of the early songs portray a dialogue between the two imagined characters of Belle and Sebastian. Written mostly by Stuart Murdoch, primary songwriter and mastermind behind the band, those early songs were born out of his grapples with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, something he has become more public about in recent years. The increased publicity has given Jackson a new frame of reference about the evolution of the band, starting with their earliest work. “They are songs about desire, and if you’re incapacitated then little things become very important to you. A lot of the early material is fused with that,” Jackson says. “I suppose later songs have become more direct, the singer is saying something very astute, not necessarily dressing it up as characters. That seems to have changed; that’s my perspective on it.” As the band heads out on their U.S. tour, leaving Glasgow behind for a time, Jackson says the best part of it all is still playing music live. But the seasons will change, and they will fall back into the rhythm of creating again in a few months, although at this point, Jackson has no idea what it will look like. “I think like any artist of interest, sometimes you go in different directions. Maybe some people can make a masterpiece every time, but I like people who just go and do different stuff,” he says. “Creativity comes and goes as well. Not everyday can be a sunny day, but today is a sunny day. I’m always hopeful that magic can happen.”
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ake Heggie, composer of the opera Dead Man Walking, and Gene Scheer, who wrote librettos for Heggie’s Moby Dick and It’s a Wonderful Life, are hard at work again. Their latest project, an opera that addresses existential questions about identity, life and death, has brought them to Boulder and CU Eklund Opera’s New Operatic Workshop (CU NOW). Selected excerpts from the new work, If I Were You, will be presented to the public for free, performed by CU student singers. CU NOW invites a composer and librettist every year to come to Boulder for a couple of weeks in June as they develop a new opera and work with student singers. The composers have the opportunity to hear portions of their own work and make changes as necessary before it’s complete. As part of his association with CU NOW, Heggie has also been working with the students whose works will be presented by the Composer Fellows’ Initiative. The New Operatic Workshop was developed by Leigh Holman, director of the Eklund Opera program, primarily as an educational program for students, even though its format and length offer a great opportunity for opera creators as well. As Holman explains it, “at the University of Colorado we feel if we don’t prepare our students to go out into the world prepared to do new work, it’s akin to malpractice. It’s essential for our students to be able to do this.” The students are learning skills by tackling a brand new piece and working directly with the composer. “They’re able to experience what it was like when singers were working with Mozart,” Holman says. At the same time, the composers and librettists are learning, too. “The goal is for us to come away knowing the piece much better and also finding where the fault lines are,” Scheer says, Boulder Weekly
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Jun to which Heggie adds, “We are learnknown French novel by Julien Green. ing every day what the piece is.” Heggie had heard about the novel sev“The piece,” as Heggie describes it, eral years ago and thought of it is “a modern-day Faust story” with an because it seemed ideal for the Merola overlay of Gothic romance. “It’s about commission. “It makes sense for young a disillusioned young man who wishes [singers] who are on an identity quest he could be anyone else,” he says. in their lives,” he says. “And because The devil gives the main character this soul keeps moving from person to a magic phrase to sing that allows him person, six singers become the lead to move into another character.” person’s body and live The performances at as them as long as he CU will not be staged ON THE BILL: CU New wants. “He moves to because at this point in Opera Workshop presents If I Were You (selected the next person and the the compositional proexcerpts) — with libretto by next person, but as he cess, Heggie and Scheer Gene Scheer, music by moves he loses a little didn’t want to spend Jake Heggie. 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 15, and 2 p.m. bit of his original identime on stage rehearsals; Sunday, June 17, Music tity,” Heggie explains. their focus is entirely on Theater, CU Imig Music “A young woman making the music and Building, 1020 18th St., Boulder. Free. who he’s in love with the text work in perforComposer Fellows’ Initiative. figures out what’s mance. The singers will 7:30 p.m. Saturday, June 16, going on. He goes be standing behind ATLAS Blackbox, 1125 18th St., Boulder. Free. back to his original music stands, and will body and it’s dying. be accompanied by He’s faced with the piano. existential choice: Am I going to live Heggie and Scheer say they do not forever pretending to be someone else, yet know which portions of the opera or am I going to die as myself?” would be performed. That too will If I Were You was commissioned by depend on what they learn about the the Merola Opera Program, a summer piece thorough the workshop process. apprenticeship program for young Whatever they decide to perform, they singers that was founded in 1957 at will introduce the musical excerpts to the San Francisco Opera. Graduates the audience and explain the plot as of the program include some of the they go along. most successful opera singers of recent Speaking for himself and Scheer, generations, including Anna Netrebko, Heggie says they are “incredibly grateJoyce DiDonato, Deborah Voigt, ful for [Holman’s] vision and her genSusan Graham, Thomas Hampson erosity and kindness. We’re both very and Kevin Langan — who will appear fortunate to have had wonderful this summer as Sarastro in Central careers, and to give something back to City Opera’s Magic Flute. these young people is incredibly gratiThe plot is derived from a littlefying.”
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6:30 p.m. Friday, June 15-Sunday, June 17,1300 block of Pearl Street, Boulder, boulderdancecoalition.org Formerly the Village Arts Coalition, the Boulder Dance Coalition is an alliance of groups and individuals that are committed to promoting traditional participatory art forms such as dance, music, singing and storytelling. The nonprofit educational organization will be hosting their annual International Dance Festival in front of the courthouse on Pearl Street, featuring over 40 different dance groups from all over the world. Anyone and everyone can come to learn folk, square, belly, tango, samba, flamenco and many other varieties of dance. Saturday and Sunday will also feature the handmade wares of vendors from around the world. Admission to this event is free. —Anna Mary Scott
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he G’Knight Ride is a celebration of cycling for folks of all ages, sizes and abilities. Dust off that old 10-speed, mountain bike or cruiser and join in with more than 2,000 other riders on an evening tour of Longmont that turns into a party for the whole family. Choose from one of three routes: 1 mile, 5.5 and 12(ish) miles. There’s also a kids’ festival, an Expo pavilion, great eats from local food trucks, music from several Colorado bands and a beer garden. The ride helps fund cycling education and bike refurbishing programs by area nonprofit bike advocacy organization Bicycle Longmont. Visit gknightride.org for more information.
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Dignity Festival — Project Worthmore 7 a.m. Saturday, June 16, DeLaney Community Farm, 170 S. Chambers Road, Aurora, projectworthmore.org/dignity/festival Project Worthmore Project Worthmore is a nonprofit that seeks to provide cultural mentorship and community support to refugees in the Denver area through community building and self-sufficiency programs. The Dignity Festival is Project Worthmore’s annual “day of fitness and community” in honor of World Refugee Day. With a 5K race, yoga with a live DJ, a community potluck and more, the Dignity Festival gives the community a chance to see the year-round work done by Project Worthmore and support refugees both locally and globally. Tickets range from $10 to $35. —Anna Mary Scott
Rock and Roll Playhouse presents: the Grateful Dead for Kids. 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, June 17, Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder. CeleMarc Millman brate Father’s Day with the music of the Grateful Dead at the Rock and Roll Playhouse concert series. Music promoter Peter Shapiro developed this weekly family concert series to provide kids and parents with a place to experience music together. Since 2013, The Playhouse has expanded to eight cities and 10 venues. This Father’s Day, families with children age 10 and under can enjoy games, movement, stories and an opportunity to rock out to one of the most diverse songbooks in American music at the Boulder Theater.
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THURSDAY, JUNE 14 International Planetary Probe Workshop 2018. 8 a.m. Williams Village North, 3300 Baseline Road, Boulder. The International Planetary Probe Workshops brings together engineers, technologists, scientists, mission designers, space agency leaders and students from around the world for collaborations focused on solar system exploration with planetary entry and descent probes. Through June 15.
A Closer Look — The Unseen Stars. 7 p.m. Fiske Planetarium and Science Center, 2414 Regent Drive, Boulder. AIthough M dwarf stars make up over 70 percent of the stars in our galaxy, you can’t see any of them in the night sky with your unaided eye. Join us as we explore these tiny, elusive stars and how they can answer many of our deepest questions from alien life to the big-bang theory.
FRIDAY, JUNE 15 CU NOW 2018: If I Were You by Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer. 7:30 p.m. Imig Music Building, 1020 18th St., Boulder.
The celebrated American opera team of composer Jake Heggie and librettist Gene Scheer (It’s A Wonderful Life, Moby-Dick, Three Decembers) returns to CU NOW to develop If I Were You, a contemporary Faustian tale of identity, body swapping, love, death and deals with the devil. Sit front and center with Heggie and Scheer as they guide us through selected scenes of their bold, new opera performed by CU student singers. Subsequent performance on Sunday, June 17 at 2 p.m.
SATURDAY, JUNE 16 Colorado Skies: Celebrate the Summer Solstice. 2:30 p.m. Fiske Planetarium and Science Center, 2414 Regent Drive, Boulder. Interested in learning about tonight’s sky and the constellations that are up this time of year? Want to know what objects to look for with the naked eye, a pair of binoculars, or a small telescope? In this seasonal talk series, we explore the stars, planets, constellations and deep-sky objects such as galaxies and nebulae using our analog star projector, which produces a stunning night sky with 10 million stars. Our goal is to give you the tools to go outside, look up and enjoy our amazing Colorado skies.
CU NOW 2018: Composer Fellows’ Initiative. 7:30 p.m. Roser ATLAS Center, Black Box Expiremental Theatre, 1125 18th St., Boulder. Join us for the world premieres of four brandnew opera works by CU composition students, presented in the experimental and intimate ATLAS Black Box Theatre.
Bonfils Blood Drive. 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Student Recreation Center, Ice Overlook Room, 1855 Pleasant St., Boulder. Come donate — you’re just our type!
FIRST Scholar Talk — with Luis Urrieta. 5 p.m. University Memorial Center (UMC), Aspen Room 285, 1669 Euclid Ave., Boulder. Join us for a FIRST Scholar talk with Luis Urrieta, “Cultural Constructions of Identity in Education: power, en-“trap”-ment binaries, and intersectional possibilities.” Urietta is a Summer Session FIRST Scholar and professor of Education at UT Austin. He also authored the award winning book, Working from Within: Chicana and Chicano Activist Educators in Whitestream Schools. Free and open to the public. Reception to follow.
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Thursday, June 14 Music Cigar Box Guitars. 12 p.m. Art Parts Creative Reuse Center, Bricolage Gallery, 2870 Bluff St., Boulder, 720-379-5328. Through July 6. Dr. Dog. 8 p.m. Ogden Theater, 935 E. Colfax, Denver, 303-832-1874. Joe Johnson. 6 p.m. The Tasty Weasel, 1800 Pike Road, Longmont, 303-776-1914. June Networking Mixer: Colorado Music Festival & Center for Musical Arts. 5 p.m. 200 E. Baseline Road, Lafayette, 303-666-9555. Leo Kottke, James Mcmurtry. 7:30 p.m. Chautauqua Community House, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-440-7666. Old’s Cool Rock. 4 p.m. Lafayette Farmers Market, 400 block of E. Simpson St., Lafayette. Paper Moonshine. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat Coffeehouse, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731. Reuben and the Dark. 8 p.m. Larimer Lounge, 2721 Larimer St., Denver, 303-291-1007. The Slackers, The Dendrites. 6 p.m. Levitt Pavilion Denver, 1380 W. Florida Ave., Denver, 303-578-0488. Ybn Nahmir. 9 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030. Events Adultology: Salads and Raw Vegetables. 6 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.
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Cinema Program screening of Ulysses. 7 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.
Why in the World Are They Spraying?. 6 p.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.
Comedy Night. 8:30 p.m. Vision Quest Brewing, 2510 47th St., Boulder, 970-302-7130.
Write Your Story Writing Class. 10 a.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.
Ecstatic Dance. 7 p.m. The StarHouse, 3476 Sunshine Canyon, Boulder, 303-245-8452. Friends With Benefits Midsummer Night’s Dream Bash. 5 p.m. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-2122. In The Trenches... A Parenting Musical. 8 p.m. Still Cellars, 1115 Colorado Ave., Longmont, 720-204-6064. Through June 16. The Great Indian Novel. 4:30 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. NIA Parent-Child Class. 10 a.m. Longmont Recreation Center, 310 Quail Road, Longmont, 303-774-4752. Summer of Discovery: Digging for Dinosaurs. 4 p.m. George Reynolds Branch Library, 3595 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303-441-3120. Summer of Discovery: Science of Sound. 2 p.m. Meadows Branch Library, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-441-3100. Swing Dancing and Mocktails. 5:30 p.m. The Nomad Playhouse, 1410 Quince Ave., Boulder, 303-440-4510. Taste Test Thursday. 4:15 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Views & Brews Film: Hook. 7:15 p.m. Longmont Museum, 400 Quail Road, Longmont, 303-651-8374.
Friday, June 15 Music The 89s. 8:30 p.m. Oskar Blues, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685. Cass Clayton Band (Album Release Party). 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 Northpark Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757. Collie Buddz. 9 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030. The Constellation Collective. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat Coffeehouse, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731. The Famous Men. 5 p.m. The Tasty Weasel, 1800 Pike Road, Longmont, 303-776-1914. Francisco Marques. 7 p.m. Home Made Liquids and Solids, 1555 Hover St., Longmont, 303-485-9400. The Ghost of Paul Revere. 6 p.m. Levitt Pavilion Denver, 1380 W. Florida Ave., Denver, 303-578-0488. Lionel Young Duo. 7:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Tap Room, 921 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-776-1914. Locos por Juana: Louisville Street Faire. 5 p.m. Steinbaugh Pavillion, Front St., Louisville.
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The Shaun Peace Band. 10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733. Shower Me Blue. 8 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 303-834-9384. The Strangbyrds. 5 p.m. The Tasty Weasel, 1800 Pike Road, Longmont, 303-776-1914. Longmont’s Summer Concert Series featuring Bonnie & the Clydes. 6 p.m. Fourth Avenue and Main Street, Longmont, 303-651-8750. William Clark Green. 9:30 p.m. Globe Hall, 4483 Logan St., Denver, 303-296-1003.
Dive “Under the Sea” for a swimmingly good time as one of Disney’s favorite princesses splashes to life in this Broadway musical adaptation. Ariel is a bold, young mermaid princess fascinated with the human world, in spite of the warnings of her father, King Triton. When she makes a dangerous deal with Ursula, the Sea Witch, she begins a race against the setting sun to find true love. Based on one of Hans Christian Andersen’s most beloved stories, and Disney’s movie of the same name, Disney’s The Little Mermaid features classic songs such as “Under the Sea,” “Kiss the Girl,” “Part of Your World” and more. Disney’s The Little Mermaid is now showing at BDT Stage through Sept. 8.
Events Boulder International Festival. 6:30 p.m. 1300 block of Pearl Street, Boulder, 303-440-8303. Through June 17. Denver Comic Con 2018. Colorado Convention Center, 700 14th St., Denver. Through June 17. Father’s Day Fright Tour: Ghosts of Capitol Hill. 8 p.m. 1288 N. Gilpin St., Denver. Friday Family Film. 2 p.m. Longmont Public Library, 409 Fourth Ave., Longmont. Poetry Writer’s Workshop. 7 p.m. Firehouse Art Center, 667 Fourth Ave., Longmont, 303-651-2787. Snakes Alive! — with My Nature Lab. 10 a.m. WOW! Children’s Museum, 110 N. Harrison Ave., Lafayette, 303-604-2424. Zikr Dance Ensemble presents: Runes. 7:30 p.m. The Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-884-1910. Another showing on Saturday, June 16.
Agnes of God. Vintage Theatre, 1468 Dayton St., Aurora. Through July 8. A Hymn to the Goddess: An Egyptian Tale. The BiTSY Stage, 1137 S. Huron St. Denver. Through June 17. Annie. Jesters Dinner Theatre, 224 Main St., Longmont. Through July 8. Disney’s The Little Mermaid. BDT Stage, 5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder. Through Sept. 8. District Merchants. Miners Alley Playhouse, 1224 Washington Ave., Golden. Through June 24. Guys and Dolls. The Nomad Playhouse, 1410 Quince Ave., Boulder. Through June 19. Human Error. Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Theatre Company. Garner Galleria Theatre, 14th and Curtis streets, Denver. Through June 24.
Eighties Party — with Sonic Arcade. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 North Park Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757. eTown presents John McEuen & The String Wizards. 7 p.m. eTown Hall, 1535 Spruce St., Boulder, 303-443-8696. Many Mountains, Card Catalog. 4 p.m. Steinbaugh Pavilion, 824 Front St., Louisville, 303-335-4820. Fists of the Proletariat. 10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733. Gin Wigmore. 8 p.m. Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-447-0095.
GOLDEN on Route 93 303.279.1481 BOULDER at Meadows Shopping Center 303.554.0193
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Man of La Mancha. Candlelight Dinner Playhouse, 4747 Marketplace Drive, Johnstown. Through June 17. Rausch — presented by The Catamounts and Control Group Productions. From a nondescript location in Boulder, audiences will be transported by bus to an undisclosed outdoor location. Through June 17. The Secret Garden — presented by Performance Now Theatre Company. Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 S. Allison Parkway, Lakewood. Opens June 15. Through July 1.
The Symbols. 9 p.m. The Speakeasy, 301 Main St., Longmont, 720-684-4728.
Denver Punk Rock Flea Market 2018. 11 a.m. Fox Street Compound, 725 W. 39th Ave., Denver.
Ukulele Group. 10 a.m. Boulder Therapy Center, 726 Pearl St., Unit C, Boulder, 207-664-9220.
Dragons & Damsels in the Field. 10 a.m. Pella Crossing Open Space, Boulder.
The Well Intentioned. 7 p.m. Großen Bart Brewery, 1025 Delaware Ave., Longmont, 214-770-9847.
I’m Not Joking (Live Podcast Taping). 8 p.m. Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826.
Women in Song hosted by Shanna in a Dress. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat Coffeehouse, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731. The Wyatts Band. 6 p.m. Bootstrap Brewing Company, 142 Pratt St., Longmont, 303-652-4186. Events 1940s WWII Era Ball 10th Anniversary — with the Glenn Miller Orchestra. 6 p.m. Boulder Municipal Airport, 3393 Airport Road, Boulder, 720924-1945. All Day Paint and Photography Session. 9 a.m. Agricultural Heritage Center, Boulder, 303-776-8688.
Intuit. 6:30 p.m. Home Made Liquids and Solids, 1555 Hover St., Longmont, 303-485-9400.
Bloomsday in the Civic Area. 12 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.
The McPherson Project. 6 p.m. Brewmented, 900 S. Hover St., Unit C, Longmont, 720-699-0214.
BMA Spring Soiree: Ales 4 Trails Fundraising Party. 6 p.m. Boulder Train Depot, 2366 Junction Place, Boulder, 303-443-2167.
Art Stop. 10 a.m. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-2122.
Open Cabin Day Tour. 2 p.m. Old Mill Park, 927 Pratt, Longmont, 303-776-1870.
The Commedia of Robin Hood. 11 a.m. Chautauqua Picnic Shelter, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-440-7666.
Robert Wilson Blues Band. 8 p.m. Dannik’s Gunbarrel Corner Bar, 6525 Gunpark Drive, Boulder, 303-530-7423.
The Denver BBQ Festival 2018. 11 a.m. Sports Authority Field at Mile High, 1701 Mile High Stadium Circle, Denver, 720-258-3000.
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Gunbarrel Brewing First Birthday Bash — with Tenth Mtn. Division. 12 p.m. Gunbarrel Brewing Company, 7088 Winchester Circle, Boulder, 800-803-5732.
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Little Shop of Horrors — presented by Equinox Theatre Company. Bug Theatre, 3654 Navajo St., Denver. Through June 16.
Saturday, June 16 Casey Russel Quartet. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Tap Room, 921 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-776-1914.
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Learning Dog Dance: A Dance Workshop. 1 p.m. Boulder Circus Center, 4747 N. 26th St., Boulder, 303-444-8110.
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Off The Chain Comedy Showcase. 8 p.m. Endo Brewing Company, 2755 Dagny Way, Suite 101, Boulder, 303-552-6693.
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Paula Poundstone. 7:30 p.m. Chautauqua Community House, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-440-7666.
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Seventh Annual G’Knight Ride. 3 p.m. Roosevelt Park, 700 Longs Peak Ave., Longmont, 303-3199882.
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Sunrise Paint Session. 5 a.m. Agricultural Heritage Center, Boulder, 303-776-8688.
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Zikr Dance Ensemble presents Runes. 7:30 p.m. The Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-884-1910. Sunday, June 17
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8:00pm NO COVER 6/16 Flynn & The Electric Company
6/23 Joe Cool Band
Frederick Pichon, “Constructivism.”
Act On It: Exhibit on CU Student Activism. Norlin Library, STEAM Gallery, 1157 18th St., Boulder. Through Aug. 15.
Melting — by Marietta Patricia Leis. Dairy Arts Center, MacMillan Family Lobby & Polly Addison Gallery, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder. Through June 17.
Chair of the Board. Boulder Public Library, Canyon Gallery, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder. Opens June 15. Through July 15.
Millie Chen: Four Recollections. University of Colorado Art Museum, Visual Arts Complex, 1085 18th St., Boulder. Through July 21.
Charts, Parts, and Holders — by Patrice Renee Washington. Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, 1485 Delgany St., Denver. Through August 26. David Mack. Firehouse Art Center, Main Gallery, 667 Fourth Ave., Longmont. Through June 17. Drawn To Glamour: Fashion Illustrations by Jim Howard. Denver Art Museum. 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver. Through July 22. Eyes On: Xiaoze Xie. Denver Art Museum, Hamilton Building, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver. Through July 8. Ganesha: The Playful Protector. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver. Through October. Highlights from the Collection. Clyfford Still Museum, 1250 Bannock St., Denver. Through Sept. 19.
Mixed Media Drawing and Watercolor — by Ileana Barbu. NCAR Mesa Laboratory, 1850 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder. Through June 29. Frederick Pichon’s paintings reflect his personal interests in design, architecture, science and history. As a skilled draftsman, he loves precise drawing, but tries to be open to other stylistic expressions, so his work straddles abstraction and representation, and incorporate materials, collages, computer images and more. His images express a position on man in the universe, both humanistic and technical, to reflect on our condition. Pichon’s work will be on exhibit in UCAR Gallery II of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) through June 29.
Honey — by Kristen Hatgi Sink. Museum of Contemporary Arts Denver, 1485 Delgany St., Denver. Through Aug. 26.
Like a Hammer — by Jeffrey Gibson. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver. Through Aug. 12.
Lay of the Land. The Arts Longmont Gallery, 256 Main St., Longmont. Through June 30.
Lisa Oppenheim: Spine. Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, 1485 Delgany St., Denver. Through Aug. 26.
A Light of His Own: Clyfford Still at Yaddo. Clyfford Still Museum, 1250 Bannock St., Denver. Through Sept. 19.
Mixed Media Painting — by Frederick Pichon. NCAR Mesa Laboratory, 1850 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder. Through June 29. Patrice Renee Washington: Charts, Parts, and Holders. Museum of Contemporary Art, 1485 Delgany St., Denver. Through Aug. 26. Processing — by Roberto Juarez. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder. Through Sept. 16. Resounding Roar — by Charles E. Burchfield. Foothills Art Center, 809 15th St., Golden. Through July 29. Transmission — by Derrick Adams. Museum of Contemporary Arts Denver, 1485 Delgany St., Denver. Through Aug. 26. TreeHouses: Look Who’s Living in the Trees! Longmont Museum, 400 Quail Road, Longmont. Through Jan. 6. Wood & Stone, Substance & Spirit — by Rebecca Davis and Roger Asay. Dairy Arts Center, McMahon Gallery, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder. Through June 17.
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Flor de Toloache. 4 p.m. Levitt Pavilion Denver, 1380 W. Florida Ave., Denver, 303-578-0488. Megan Burtt, Monica LaBonte, Caitlin Cannon. 9 p.m. The Laughing Goat Coffeehouse, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731.
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Blending Americana, indie/folk and soul styles, Conner Cherland loops his live guitar riffs to make more sounds that you thought possible from one man. Delivering touching takes on the human experience, Cherland’s voice brings to mind Hozier, Ed Sheeran and Shakey Graves. Catch him at Innisfree Poetry Bookstore and Cafe on Saturday, June 16 at 2 p.m.
Tyler Preston. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat Coffeehouse, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731. Events Boulder Market. 11 a.m. Central Park, 1236 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 720-272-7467. Celebrate Summer Hike. 10 a.m. Mud Lake Open Space, Boulder. First Annual Father’s Day Brunch. 10 a.m. Stone Mountain Lodge, 18055 N. Saint Vrain Drive, Lyons, 303-823-6091. Learn to Make Cheese. 2 p.m. The Art of Cheese, 505 Weaver Park Road, Suite E, Longmont, 303-579-9537.
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Monday, June 18
Georgia Hunter — We Were the Lucky Ones. 7 p.m. Tattered Cover Book Store, 2526 E. Colfax Ave., Denver.
Stephen Kuusisto — Have Dog, Will Travel. 7 p.m. Tattered Cover Book Store, 2526 E. Colfax Ave., Denver.
Kevinsee Tuerff — Channel of Peace. 7 p.m. EVENTS Page ? Tattered Cover Book Store, 1628 16th St., Denver.
So, You’re a Poet. 9 p.m. Wesley Chapel, 1290 Folsom St., Boulder.
Monster Father’s Day Cards. 2 p.m. WOW! Children’s Museum, 110 N. Harrison Ave., Lafayette, 303-604-2424.
Maureen St. Germain — Waking Up in 5D. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder.
Pigskin with Pops. 11 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Sports Authority Field at Mile High, 1701 Mile High Stadium Circle, Denver, 720-258-3000.
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Monday, June 18 Music Ady Manral. 10 p.m. The Laughing Goat Coffeehouse, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731. Bandshell Boogie 2018. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Bandshell, 1212 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 310-658-6587.
Tuesday, June 19 Michelle Kuo — Reading with Patrick. 7 p.m. Tattered Cover Book Store, 2526 E. Colfax Ave., Denver.
Open Poetry Reading. 10 p.m. Mercury Cafe, 2199 California St., Denver.
Innisfree Weekly Open Poetry Reading. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder.
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Wednesday June 20
Conner Cherland. 2 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder.
Carola Lovering — Tell Me Lies. Tattered Cover Book Store, 1628 16th St., Denver.
Sunday, June 17
Richard Munson — Tesla. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder.
Sunday Nights Poetry Slam. 7 p.m. Mercury Cafe, 2199 California St., Denver.
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Boulder Concert Band Concert In the Park. 7 p.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.
LafayetteREADS Book Discussion: Underground Railroad. 6 p.m. Lafayette Public Library, 775 W. Baseline Road, Lafayette, 303-665-5200.
A Human Named David. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat Coffeehouse, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731.
Modern Physics Book Discussions. 6 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.
Misti Bernard. 9 p.m. The Laughing Goat Coffeehouse, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731.
VIVA Theater at the Library. 2 p.m. Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100.
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Wildflowers of Boulder County Slide Program. 6 p.m. George Reynolds Branch, Boulder.
CLFW: Opening Reception. 5:30 p.m. Boulder Museum Of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-2122.
Tuesday, June 19 Music Belle & Sebastian. 8 p.m. The Ogden Theatre, 935 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-832-1874. Chris Frisina. 9 p.m. The Laughing Goat Coffeehouse, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731. Community Night at Sandstone Ranch. 5:30 p.m. 3001 Sandstone Drive, Longmont, 303-651-8404. Folk Dancing on the Plaza. 7 p.m. Plaza beside Dushanbe Teahouse, 1770 13th St., 1770 13th St., Boulder, 303-499-6363.
Lucy Isabel. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat Coffeehouse, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731. Michael Gulezian. 7 p.m. The Starhouse, 3476 Sunshine Canyon Drive, Boulder, 303-245-8452. The Noisy Residents. 10 p.m. The Laughing Goat Coffeehouse, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731. Rabblefish. 12 p.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-441-3100. Events Adult Dance Classes. 5 p.m. Reverence Academy of Dance, 1370 Miners Drive, Suite 111, Lafayette, 303-524-5405. BDA Digital Salon featuring Mike Scalisi, video editor of The Cove. 6 p.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range St., Boulder, 303-800-4647. Boulder World Affairs Discussion Group. 10 a.m. Meadows Branch Library, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-441-3100. Festival Plaza Story Time. 10 a.m. Lafayette Public Library, 775 W. Baseline Road, Lafayette, 303-665-5200. McKellen: Playing the Part. 7 p.m. Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Wednesday, June 20 Music Blues Night. 10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733. Bonny Doon. Larimer Lounge, 2721 Larimer St., Denver, 303-291-1007. Fort Defiance. 6:30 p.m. Still Cellars, 1115 Colorado Ave., Longmont, 720-204-6064. Gomez. 8 p.m. The Ogden Theatre, 935 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, 303-832-1874. Jazzetry Night featuring Von Disco. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat Coffeehouse, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-201-3731. Lipbone Redding. 7:30 p.m. Dannik’s Gunbarrel Corner Bar, 6525 Gunpark Drive, Boulder, 303-530-7423. Events Barbara Shark Book Signing. 5:30 p.m. Boulder Museum Of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-2122. The Freshman (1925) — with Hank Troy, piano. 7:30 p.m. Chautauqua Community House, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-440-7666. Lu Over the Wall. 7 p.m. Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826. Screenplay Workshop: 6-Week Character Lab. 6:15 p.m. Boulder Writing Studio, 777 Pearl Street, Suite 211, Boulder. Summer of Discovery: Magic of the Rock People. 4 p.m. George Reynolds Branch Library, 3595 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303-441-3120.
UPCOMING SHOWS
Summer of Discovery: Wire Wrapped Stones for Teens. 1 p.m. Meadows Branch Library, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-441-3100. Summer Solstice Celebration. 9 p.m. Unity of Boulder Spiritual Center, 2855 Folsom St., Boulder, 303-442-1411. Trails In Motion Film Festival. 7 p.m. The Mayan Theater, 110 Broadway, Denver.
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Wednesday Night Square Dance. 7 p.m. Rosalee’s Pizzeria, 461 Main St., Longmont, 303-485-5020.
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oni Collette spends nearly the entirety of Hereditary playing an unopposed game of Twister using only her facial features. The film is understandably being sold as “one of the scariest movies of all time,” but that’s only because “one of the most physically unsettling movies of all time” isn’t as apt to put butts in seats. To be clear: Your butt should be in one of those seats. Hereditary is a meticulous, intricate examination of emotional trauma, a hyperbolic look at inherited mental illness and one of the most beautifully horrific films of all time. Also, the last half-hour will mess you up or make you laugh, so either way you win. The film opens with Annie (Collette) mourning the loss of her mother. Actually, mourning is too nice of a word for what someone feels about the death of a family member who was a real piece of shit. Tragedies believe in the buddy system, so something else truly horrid happens shortly after Annie attends a support group to cope with her complicated grief. That second trauma is without equivocation one of the most emotionally gnarly bits of cinema. Ideally, audiences are ignorant as to what that event is, so that they can feel just a sliver of the soulrending pain for themselves. What follows is a legitimately brilliant examination of the horror inherent in inheritance that can be viewed in a literal, supernatural way or as a metaphorically resonant parable. This is a meticulous, intricate examination of emotional Writer/director Ari Aster has said that trauma, a hyperbolic look at he did not set out to make Hereditary as a inherited mental illness and one of the most beautifully horror movie. In the best possible way, that’s horrific films of all time. exceptionally evident. Lift out the genre beats, and you’d be left with a 90-minute character study of a woman whose sanity is threatened by circumstance and genetics. This doesn’t mean that those horror elements are clunkily welded together. On the contrary, Aster cooks his audience like the proverbial frog in a pot, ever-so-slowly cranking up the tension and terror until the rolling boil is inescapable. Collette is so unfathomably good here that being preemptively mad she won’t get nominated for the performance seems like the right move. Unlike most genre films, her incredulity and abject awe when impossible shit goes down feels as authentic as her outpouring of grief in a scene that’s more difficult to watch than any of the scary ones. Although every performance is something special, from Milly Shapiro’s haunting turn as Annie’s daughter to criminally under-beloved Ann Dowd’s magnetic supporting role, Collette is next-level, capital-B Brilliant. And there’s more here. So much more... But just like the film demands a second viewing, discussing the dense thematic elements (such as Annie’s profession as an artist who recreates miniature dioramas of events in her life) and heady symbolism requires readers have already seen it. So see Hereditary so that we can talk about it. And bring a family member you either love or violently hate. Memes and tone-deaf jokes about how everyone “wants to die” these days or how “the world should end” because things suck aside, there’s something fitting about a truly disturbing film about trauma and grief being the best film of 2018 so far. This review previously appeared in The Reader of Omaha, Nebraska.
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Harold Lloyd shines in Chautauqua’s Silent Film Series by Michael J. Casey
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nown as “the third genius,” Harold Lloyd did not have ON THE BILL: The Freshman prethe same background in ceded by the short Just Neighbors vaudeville as Charlie Chaplin — with piano accompaniment by Hank Troy. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, or Buster Keaton; yet, he June 20, Chautauqua Auditorium ended up making more movies than both 900 Baseline Road, Boulder, chauof them combined. Lloyd started his tauqua.com career as a Chaplin knockoff, but when director Hal Roach saw him as a background performer wearing round-rimmed glasses without lenses, he saw a new character. Lloyd remembers it differently, but no matter, Lloyd and those glasses became synonymous; a cinematic legacy was cemented. As his Glasses character grew in popularity (he was second to only Chaplin in box-office receipts), Lloyd’s films became more gag- and stunt-centric. It didn’t matter if he was a store clerk trying to drum up business by scaling a skyscraper or a footballer trying to score the winning touchdown, Lloyd’s characters constantly found themselves in scrapes. They always found a way to win — usually, the hardest — and with a “go-getter” Criterion Collection attitude that became emblematic of the 1920s. The war to end all wars had been fought and won, the ’20s were roaring and Lloyd’s characters, full of pluck and mettle, could always be found at the center. Historian Kevin Brownlow describes this as “desperation to get somewhere and be somebody.” With Lloyd, the somewhere and somebody are intertwined. In one of his best films, The Freshman, Lloyd — here, Harold Lamb — wants to become a gregarious man about town like his two idols: the college football captain and Lester Laurel, a fictitious movie star Lamb models himself after. The where: Tate University, the perfect college for an Anytown, U.S.A. But the real “somewhere” Lamb/Lloyd is desperate to get to is the goal line on the football field. To do so, Lamb will have to overcome obstacles both at Tate — pranksters, soused tailors and a disapproving dean — and on the field. And once he crosses that line, he wins the big game, society accepts him into the fold and Tate won’t just celebrate Lamb, it’ll model itself after him. It’s no spoiler to reveal Lamb wins the game and gets the girl. Unlike Chaplin or Keaton, Lloyd’s characters always hit their mark. The audience loved Lloyd, and Lloyd loved them back. Movies are both timeless and of a time. The fervor surrounding collegiate loyalty and football still exists. People still want to fit in, and audiences still like to see the good guy win. But The Freshman is also very much a product of the 1920s. Few filmmakers capture the era in which they made their movies like Lloyd, but The Freshman pulls together all the energy and excitement of 1925, the absurdity of Prohibition (and how easy it was to come by a drink) and gives us plenty of archival images of the streets and cities where Lloyd set his story. Watching the movie is like time traveling while sitting still. Even better, it’s still a fun ride today. We’ll return to Harold Lloyd in July when Chautauqua’s Silent Film Series screens Speedy. Boulder Weekly
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cooking-and-life memoir is illustrated with 85 of Shark’s often photorealistic paintings and drawings, and 105 of her recipes. Published in April, the book is a valuable social and visual history of the many artist friends, from Red Grooms to Betty Woodman, who have experienced Shark’s hospitality. Shark’s husband, Bud, is one of the nation’s most highly regarded artist’s printmakers. The couple lives and works in Lyons, where they house artists for one- to two-week stints of printmaking, with Barbara providing many of the meals that fuel the creative process. She cooks seasonally and grabs fresh produce every summer from the Zweck family farm stand. Once she left home and was living on her own, cooking became a necessity. “One of the first things I made was Hot Dish — that’s pasta, we call it ‘macaroni’ — with a meat sauce with canned tomatoes and onions,” says Shark. “The big change was when I met Bud and we moved to Florence and could afford to eat out every night on fresh, beautiful food. When we moved to London in 1970, I decided to learn to really cook. We ate real Indian, Greek and Chinese cuisine for the first time. I shopped every day and used recipes from Elizabeth David’s cookbooks and made three-course menus,” she says.
BARBARA SHARK IS DRAWN TO THE JUNCTION OF PAINTING AND COOKING Barbara Shark is a painter. She discovered a passion for art in high school and began pursuing it as a way of life. She didn’t set out to be a cook, and certainly not a cookbook writer. For one thing, she is completely selftaught in the kitchen. “My Mom had five kids. She baked bread and everything else from scratch. I learned a little observing my mother, but I have no memory of her teaching me how to cook anything,” Shark says. Yet art, cooking, writing and life come together in How I Learned to Cook, An Artist’s Life. The 326-page
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The cookbook became a labor of love played out over eight years. She rewrote recipes and sharpened her oral history, telling stories with a laconic sense of humor. Shark’s painterly eye catches details and conveys a palpable sense of the people and the Colorado environment and spots around the globe where she has visited and lived. “I wrote the book as a self-assertion from my point of view. My life is art and food. I tried to pick stories and recipes that connected to the art,” she says. Shark’s subjects are familiar locals such as chef James Van Dyk, depcicted in the kitchen in “Cooking at the Gateway.” Others chronicle the season’s crops, as with “Spring Rhubarb,” an oilon-canvas appreciation of the revered “pie plant.” “I was a big reader but not a journal keeper, but as I started choosing the recipes the memories came back to me of the people. I start with my childhood and write about my life up to the present,” Shark says. Shark’s recipes range from pear kuchen (flavored with aniseed) and creamy zucchini gratin to “my buffalo Bolognese” and roasted cauliflower salad. Her only advice to non-cooks is simple: “Be brave enough to do it. Pick a recipe for something you really want to eat and follow the directions. Then, make the dish again. After a while you won’t need the recipe,” she says. Many mistakes will certainly be made though. “I was making cookies recently and I misread the recipe. I said: ‘What is wrong with this dough?’ It turned out I had left out a whole stick of butter,” she said. With the publication of her cookbook, Shark recently launched a blog where she shares additional stories about life with recipes at: howilearnedtocookanartistslife.blog. Shark dissuades anyone from reading her recipes — or any recipes — as received wisdom that has to be followed religiously. “Recipes are meant to be changed. I’m not the kind of cook who repeats herself, which is sort of like how I paint. I revise and reinvent the dish every time I make it,” she says. Her twin endeavors do share a few attributes. “Painting and cooking are similar in that you take raw ingredients and make something new with them. 46 June 14 , 2018
With cooking, the creation goes away as it is eaten. For an artist working on one canvas for a month or more, that is a very liberating idea,” Shark says with a broad smile. “Chopping an onion is very sensual and requires being present. With both cooking and painting, you want to get to the point that you are totally involved in doing this thing you know how to do, not thinking about it a lot,” she said. Here is one of Barbara Shark’s favorite summer recipes from How I Learned to Cook, An Artist’s Life published by Boulder’s Baksun Books and available at the Boulder Book Store, the Tattered Cover Book Store and on Amazon. BMoCA will host a book-signing reception and display of Shark’s artwork on June 20. Shark said she is planning on baking and bringing cookies. Grilled Bread Combine 1½ teaspoons dry yeast and ¾ cup warm water until yeast is bubbly and dissolved. Add: 1½ cups unbleached flour (you may need a little more to make a firm, velvety dough) 2 tablespoons wheat germ 1 teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon olive oil Knead and let rise in an oiled bowl until doubled, about an hour. Roll and pat dough into a 12-to-14-inch wide circle. Brush with a little olive oil and put it on a baking sheet lined with a piece of foil sprinkled with cornmeal. When the grill is hot, around 400 degrees, hold the foil and baking sheet, and flip the dough onto the clean, welloiled grill. Bake for 3 to 5 minutes, checking to be sure the fire is not too hot. Turn bread over and bake for another 3 to 5 minutes. Cut into squares and serve warm. To make a fine grilled pizza, heat gas grill to around 400 degrees. Bake rolledout dough on first side 3 to 5 minutes, then flip so cooked side faces up and quickly add simple toppings. Grill until done, another 2 to 3 minutes.
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f we’re to believe author and local agriculture advocate Michael Brownlee, we need to localize our food system, as of about yesterday. Brownlee runs Local Food Summit, a large, annual gathering of local farmers and food purveyors, as well as researchers, authors and others interested in local agriculture from across the globe. Brownlee says it’s the biggest, if not the only, annual summit on local food in the country, and the ideas that come out of the meetings of these unique minds are likely to serve as the foundation for what Brownlee sees as an urgent, necessary commitment to local food. Brownlee has enough statistics to scare even the most skeptical person straight. “For every degree Celsius of warming on the planet,” Brownlee says of recent research, “the most conservative estimates ... would suggest that we would see a 30-40 percent decrease in food production by the end of the century. When you add in the other complications that global warming adds to that, then we think it’s not unreasonable to say we could lose half of our food supply by mid-century.” The need to get communities to consume more local food, and to disrupt the industries and systems that prevent that, is imperative, Brownlee says, and it’s a problem every community in the country faces. So, starting June 18, Brownlee will gradually release the best discussions, lectures and interviews from last year’s summit on an online forum in an effort to shake people across the country out of their comfort zones. If that sounds like a tall task, Brownlee agrees. But he also says we got ourselves into this problem rapidly, so maybe we can get our way Boulder Weekly
out of it quickly too. “Seventy years ago, 100 percent of our food supply was local and organic. In the short space of 70 years, we’ve gone from 100 percent local to something like 0.3 percent of our food supply in the U.S. being local. It’s a massive shift that’s taken place almost without people’s awareness,” he says. Brownlee says if we can get to somewhere around 20 percent of food consumed from local sources, “that would be a wild success.” “But there is no place that has gotten anywhere close to that,” Brownlee says. “The leader in this country is the state of Vermont, which is around 8 percent local, but they have been working on the concept in a very concrete way for 15 years.” Boulder County, for as much as we herald our farm-to-table restaurants, farmers’ markets and roadside stands, isn’t anywhere close to Vermont, and thus, isn’t anywhere close to being an agent of change, at least by example, in the food system. “The best estimate for Colorado is that we’re somewhere around 1 percent. In Boulder County, there are some that argue that we’re at around 2 percent local food. I would be surprised if it was that high. “Because local food sales are not tracked in any kind of rigorous way, we don’t have any really good measurements. What we have been able to do is things like looking at the Boulder County Farmers Markets, and looking at total sales compared to total food production in Boulder County. We figured all the Farmers Market sales in a year in a season would feed Boulder County for two days.” Whenever we talk about eating local, or eating organic, or eating whatever the “right way” to eat supposedly is, the biggest obstacle is never people’s will — if people could eat from local farms exclusively, many would, at least 20 percent that Brownlee hopes to see. But, instead, the obstacle comes in the form of a dollar sign, and Brownlee says overcoming that large obstacle will require education and people who are willing to sacrifice now for lasting change. “We have to think very differently about food,” he says. “In this country, we devote something like 6 or 8 percent of our income to food, and in most countries, for instance in Europe, it’s more like 20 percent. They place a much higher value on food than we do. We just want it cheap, but the cost have having cheap is very, very great including the health costs. ... In this country and Europe and Australia, just about half of all deaths each year are a result of food-related diseases. That’s a direct impact of the industrial food system, but people are not aware of this kind of cost.” Indeed, Brownlee says, a local carrot may cost more than a supermarket carrot from Mexico. But change will only come when many people pay for the real cost of that carrot upfront, instead of the price we pay for a carrot produced on an industrialized farm, which contributes to global warming and doesn’t provide the same nutritional benefits of a vegetable raised the right way. “Yeah, local food production is expensive, and land is expensive, and that all results in high price compared to industrially produced food,” Brownlee says. “But industrially produced food is artificially low-priced because so much of the costs of production are externalized, including into global warming, so we’re all paying the price for these things, but we’re not paying the price at the grocery store. Industrial food production is largely subsidized by the federal government, while local food production is not eligible for any kind of subsidy. “The cost of local food production turns out to be what the real cost of food production actually is.” There is hope. The real connections and ideas that come out of the Local Food Summit, and which Brownlee is making available this summer, are at least something to build on. Already, Boulder County farmers and food purveyors are taking it upon themselves to continue the conversation, Brownlee says. “This comes from the grassroots, this comes from the bottom up,” he says. “What’s happening in Boulder County now that we feel is really exciting is farmers are beginning to collaborate at a level we’ve never seen before. That’s very exciting. They’re taking time away from the field to sit down together and begin to assess what needs to happen here. There’s been a monthly gathering [run by Mad Agriculture at Altona Grange in Longmont] and as many as 200 people in the room at some of these gatherings.” To access the Local Food Summit talks, visit thelocalfoodsummit.com. The talks will be posted sporadically throughout the summer until July 16, and are free to access for 24 hours after posting. Boulder Weekly
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MARCH 21-APRIL 19: My Aries acquaintance
Tatiana decided to eliminate sugar from her diet. She drew up a plan to avoid it completely for 30 days, hoping to permanently break its hold over her. I was surprised to learn that she began the project by making a Dessert Altar in her bedroom, where she placed a chocolate cake and five kinds of candy. She testified that it compelled her willpower to work even harder and become even stronger than if she had excluded all sweet treats from her sight. Do you think this strenuous trick might work for you as you battle your own personal equivalent of a sugar addiction? If not, devise an equally potent strategy. You’re on the verge of forever escaping a temptation that’s no good for you. Or you’re close to vanquishing an influence that has undermined you. Or both.
TAURUS
Alfred North Whitehead attributed the primary drive for innovative ideas and gizmos to “pleasurable intellectual curiosity.”)
LIBRA
SEPT. 23-OCT. 22: Would you have turned out wiser
and wealthier if you had dropped out of school in third grade? Would it have been better to apprentice yourself to a family of wolves or coyotes rather than trusting your educational fate to institutions whose job it was to acclimate you to society’s madness? I’m happy to let you know that you’re entering a phase when you’ll find it easier than usual to unlearn any old conditioning that might be suppressing your ability to fulfill your rich potentials. I urge you to seek out opportunities to unleash your skills and enhance your intelligence.
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OCT. 23-NOV. 21: The temptation to overdramatize
Problem. You have tickled and teased and tinkered with it. Now I suggest you let it alone for a while. Give it breathing room. Allow it to evolve under the influence of the tweaks you have instigated. Although you may need to return and do further work in a few weeks, my guess is that The Problem’s knots are now destined to metamorphose into seeds. The awkwardness you massaged with your love and care will eventually yield a useful magic.
is strong. Going through with a splashy but messy conclusion may have a perverse appeal. But why not wrap things up with an elegant whisper instead of a garish bang? Rather than impressing everyone with how amazingly complicated your crazy life is, why not quietly lay the foundations for a low-key resolution that will set the stage for a productive sequel? Taking the latter route will be much easier on your karma, and in my opinion will make for just as interesting a story.
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live in divided ceaseless revolt against it, what you love is your fate.” Gemini poet Frank Bidart wrote that in his poem “Guilty of Dust,” and now I offer it to you. Why? Because it’s an excellent time to be honest with yourself as you identify whom and what you love. It’s also a favorable phase to assess whether you are in any sense at odds with whom and what you love; and if you find you are, to figure out how to be in more harmonic alignment with whom and what you love. Finally, dear Gemini, now is a key moment to vividly register the fact that the story of your life in the coming years will pivot around your relationship with whom and what you love.
able, controversial or unhoned facets of our identity. And every one of us periodically reaches turning points when it becomes problematic to keep those qualities buried or immature. We need to make them more visible and develop their potential. I suspect you have arrived at such a turning point. So on behalf of the cosmos, I hereby invite you to enjoy a period of ripening and self-revelation. And I do mean “enjoy.” Find a way to have fun.
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MAY 21-JUNE 20: “Whether you love what you love or
CANCER
JUNE 21-JULY 22: Congratulations on the work
you’ve done to cleanse the psychic toxins from your soul, Cancerian. I love how brave you’ve been as you’ve jettisoned outworn shticks, inadequate theories and irrelevant worries. It makes my heart sing to have seen you summon the self-respect necessary to stick up for your dreams in the face of so many confusing signals. I do feel a tinge of sadness that your heroism hasn’t been better appreciated by those around you. Is there anything you can do to compensate? Like maybe intensify the appreciation you give yourself?
LEO
JULY 23-AUG. 22: I hope you’re reaching the final
stages of your year-long project to make yourself as solid and steady as possible. I trust you have been building a stable foundation that will serve you well for at least the next five years. I pray you have been creating a rich sense of community and establishing vital new traditions and surrounding yourself with environments that bring out the best in you. If there’s any more work to be done in these sacred tasks, intensify your efforts in the coming weeks. If you’re behind schedule, please make up for lost time.
VIRGO
AUG. 23-SEPT. 22: “Necessity is the mother of inven-
tion,” says an old proverb. In other words, when your need for some correction or improvement becomes overwhelming, you may be driven to get creative. Engineer Allen Dale put a different spin on the issue. He said that “if necessity is the mother of invention, then laziness is the father.” Sci-fi writer Robert Heinlein agreed, asserting that “progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things.” I’m not sure if necessity or laziness will be your motivation, Virgo, but I suspect that the coming weeks could be a golden age of invention for you. What practical innovations might you launch? What useful improvements can you finagle? (P.S. Philosopher
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CAPRICORN
DEC. 22-JAN. 19: For the next two-plus weeks, an
unusual rule will be in effect: The more you lose, the more you gain. That means you will have an aptitude for eliminating hassles, banishing stress and shedding defense mechanisms. You’ll be able to purge emotional congestion that has been preventing clarity. You’ll have good intuitions about how to separate yourself from influences that have made you weak or angry. I’m excited for you, Capricorn! A load of old, moldy karma could dissolve and disperse in what seems like a twinkling. If all goes well, you’ll be traveling much lighter by July 1.
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JAN. 20-FEB. 18: I suggest you avoid starting a flir-
tatious correspondence with a convict who’ll be in jail for another 28 years. OK? And don’t snack on fugu, the Japanese delicacy that can poison you if the cook isn’t careful about preparing it. Please? And don’t participate in a séance where the medium summons the spirits of psychotic ancestors or diabolical celebrities with whom you imagine it might be interesting to converse. Got that? I understand you might be in the mood for high adventure and out-of-the-ordinary escapades. And that will be fine and healthy as long as you also exert a modicum of caution and discernment.
PISCES
FEB. 19-MARCH 20: I suggest that you pat yourself
on the back with both hands as you sing your own praises and admire your own willful beauty in three mirrors simultaneously. You have won stirring victories over not just your own personal version of the devil, but also over your own inertia and sadness. From what I can determine, you have corralled what remains of the forces of darkness into a comfy holding cell, sealing off those forces from your future. They won’t bother you for a very long time, maybe never again. Right now you would benefit from a sabbatical — a vacation from all this high-powered character-building. May I suggest you pay a restorative visit to the Land of Sweet Nonsense?
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Dear Dan: First let me say that I think you give excellent advice, even if it is a bit pedestrian at times. I have a small problem: Last fall, my penis bent up and to the left at an almost 90 degree angle. I know from Google that this is not an unusual problem. And at 59, I am thankful that things are working as well as they are. But I fly gliders, and the relief system is a “Texas catheter” with a drain line to outside the glider. I believe that the bending on my penis may be the result of trauma caused by removing the catheter. In your many years of dealing with penis problems — I know you are not a urologist, but still — have you run across problems of a similar nature? Is there a way to remove adhesive from the penis that will not cause trauma? Gliding season will be starting soon, and I dread using the same system if it will cause more damage. My partner is an amazing woman — 70, by the way, and by far the best partner I have ever had (oh, my brethren, do not look only to youth!) — but I dread further damaging my member. —Hanging Under Nice Glider Dear HUNG: First let me say thank you for the qualified compliment — you sure know how to flatter a girl — and I’ll try to keep my trademark excellent-if-pedestrian advice coming, HUNG. Also, you’re right, I’m not a urologist. But Dr. Keith Newman is. He’s also a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and my go-to guy for dick-related medical questions. “It is not likely that HUNG’s drainage system caused the problem,” said Dr. Newman. “His condition sounds like Peyronie’s disease, a possibly autoimmune disease thought to be related to microtrauma, though some penile fractures may result in similar deformity.” Men with Peyronie’s disease come down with, well, bent dicks. Sometimes the bend is slight and doesn’t interfere with reasonable penile functions. Sometimes the bend is severe enough to make erections painful and intercourse impossible. “Most sufferers will return to within 10 to 20 percent of their baseline curvature within two years without intervention,” said Dr. Newman. “Thus, it is considered best to defer therapy until such time has elapsed. Ninety degrees is quite a big bend, however, and less likely to resolve spontaneously, but it’s still worth waiting.” If your big bend doesn’t resolve spontaneously, HUNG, there are treatment options. “The only real therapies are Xiaflex injections and surgical repair,” said Dr. Newman. “The former is not approved for patients less than two years from Boulder Weekly
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diagnosis or with less than 35 degrees of curvature. The latter is fraught with increased complication rates due to scarring so near the tip. Both can straighten the penis, but at a cost of length in many cases. As for drainage alternatives while gliding, I suggest the following product:
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ummer camping has it all. There’s nothing like escaping daily life to experience the freedom of the mountains. Leave your worries and trendy food behind so you can eat s’mores and get stoned around a campfire. Go ahead and live your truth by smoking an uplifting sativa and taking artsy selfies with trees. Plus, there’s usually no cell phone service so all your friends are forced to pay attention to you. If you’re planning a summer of camping around Colorado, remember that it’s still technically illegal to smoke on federal or state land, which rules out most campsites. The good news is there are a handful of campsites on private land that do allow marijuana consumption, as well as some lodges that encourage it. I’ve yet to visit these places, but here’s a round-up of what I’ve found on the internet:
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Fort420 Campground his campground manages to stay on the right side of the law by classifying itself as a cannabis club, which means that no one under 21 is allowed on the property. But they have primitive campsites, basic campsites and teepees, and you are free to burn on site. No RV sites yet, but apparently they are in the works. They have carnival-style games and activities for stoners, including something called Puff Puff Putting,
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ustic River Cabins are tucked away on the Big Thompson River, but close enough to enjoy all that Estes and Rocky Mountain National Park have to offer. They have seven all-seasons, pet-friendly cabins across 16 acres of land. The cabins sleep 2-8 people and feature a kitchen, fireplace and 26-inch flat screen TV. Five of the cabins feature a private hot tub. They were built in the mid-1940s, so you will definitely experience those rustic vibes you’ve always wanted. You can use a vaporizer inside and smoke joints on the porch. There’s also a path down at the river with a bench to enjoy that morning coffee and a buzz. Cabin rentals: $99-$179/night Pet Fee: $25 per pet
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by Paul Danish
Marijuana reform comes to Congress — fast and furious
M
arijuana legalization arrived in the U.S. Congress last week — fast and furious. On June 7, Colorado Republican Sen. Cory Gardner and Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren followed through with their promise to introduce legislation that would change federal law to respect the right of states to decide whether or not to legalize marijuana. At the same time a companion bill was introduced in the House with Colorado Democratic Rep. Jared Polis as one of the cosponsors. The following day ( June 8) President Trump followed through on his promise to Gardner to support a “states’ rights”–based bill to do so. Also on June 8, the 48-member Congressional Black Caucus issued a position paper “supporting efforts to decriminalize the use and possession of marijuana” and saying that states should be allowed to make their own decisions about how to regulate marijuana. The federal government “should be out of the business of prohibition and related law enforcement of marijuana,” it said. And the governors of 12 states — six Republicans and six Democrats, including Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper — sent a letter to Congress urging passage of the Gardner/Warren bill, whose title is the Strengthening the Tenth Amendment Entrusting States Act (or STATES Act). And over the weekend, the U.S. Conference of Mayors went further, calling for the complete removal (or “descheduling”) of marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act instead of just exempting states that have legalized from the act’s marijuana provisions. Descheduling can be done by the President through executive action, although Congress could certainly do it as well. The 10th Amendment to the Constitution states,
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“The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.” So what are the chances of the STATES Act actually passing? Hardly a slam dunk, but probably better than any past effort to legalize marijuana at the federal level. There are currently two other bills in the Senate to legalize both recreational and medical marijuana in federal law, one sponsored by New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker and the other by New York Democratic Sen. Charles Schumer. Of the three, Gardner/Warren probably has the best chance of passage, because it is deliberately bi-partisan in its sponsorship, because of the backing from the President, and because framing it in terms of states’ rights and the 10th Amendment throws down a gauntlet to Republican senators and congressmen who call for federal powers to be devolved to the states. A back-of-the-envelope vote count suggests the STATES bill might receive majority support if the vote were to occur today. Increasing numbers of Democratic candidates for all offices are openly running on marijuana legalization platforms, and Democratic Party conventions in
New York and Connecticut have passed resolutions calling for legalization. In the Democratic camp, opposing legalization is becoming more politically risky than supporting it. For instance, New York’s Governor Andrew Cuomo, a nanny-statist’s nanny-statist, is facing a primary challenge from actress Cynthia Nixon (Sex and the City) who is making legalization the centerpiece of her campaign. She probably won’t win, but could well cut into Cuomo’s support among blacks and Hispanics, who are several times more likely to be arrested for marijuana offenses than whites. This suggests most Democrats in the Senate will vote for the STATES bill — say 45 out of 49 as a guess. (There are outspoken Democrat pot prohibitionists, like Sen. Tom Carper of Delaware who has an F rating from National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws.) Most of the opposition to Gardner/Warren is expected to come from the Republican side, but it will not be unanimous. In addition to Gardner, there are 10 Republican senators who have made past statements indicating they support leaving marijuana legalization to the states. This suggests there could be majority support in the senate for the STATES bill — if leadership lets it get to the floor — but overcoming a filibuster may be another matter. A similar dynamic exists in the House of Representatives, with most but not all Democrats likely to be in favor, and with strong, but not unanimous, opposition coming from Republicans. But there are 56 seats in the House from which incumbents have bailed, more than two-thirds of whom are Republicans. Many of these are now in play. And a number of Republican incumbents who are running are looking at tough re-election races. Nothing concentrates the mind like the knowledge that you might be hanged in the morning — especially when the rope may be hemp.
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(720) 287-0645 Open 10am -7PM Daily
www.trillcannabis.com
LAWRY LANE
WALNUT STREET
PEARL STREET
15TH & pEARL
PARKING GARAGE
PEARL STREET
16TH STREET
On Pearl Street, Across from the Mall, next to Mountain Sun and down the stairs. Free parking Available at the Garage on Pearl & 15th!
alternatives
PEARL STREET mALL
15TH STREET
one per customer, per day. VALID THRU 6/30/18. WHILE SUPPLIES LAST. NOT COMBINABLE WITH OTHER OFFERS. LIMITS MAY APPLY. must present AD.
303.440.1323
15TH STREET
1¢
28th & Iris • www.thefarmco.com
14TH STREET
buy 1 and get another for
Craft Cannabis
IT’S IN OUR NATURE!
16TH STREET
AmazinG deals on
Same day pickup. Order 24/7.
WALNUT STREET